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Sunday, November 7, 1920

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The Headlines

HARDING SETS OUT FOR HIS VACATION AND VISIT TO CANAL; Leaves Marion at 7:30 A.M. on Special Train and Arrives in Texas Tomorrow Morning. GREETED ALONG THE ROUTE He Tells Crowds at Stations That Election Resulted in an American Victory. URGES END TO PARTISANSHIP He Accepts Invitation to Take Part in an Armistice Day Celebration at Brownsville, Texas. Says He Did Not Speak in Vain. Calls It an American Victory HARDING SETS OUT FOR HIS VACATION

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1920

  • Return to normalcy

Tech Check

Commercial Radio Stations (KDKA), Hair Dryer & Band-Aid.

Style of 1920

Silhouette: Straight and drop-waisted (Flapper)

Material: Beaded silk and rayon

  • Bobbed hair
  • Cloche hats
  • T-strap heels

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWI RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,561 days ago

(105 years, 236 days)