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Saturday, November 27, 1920
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The Headlines
POWERFUL REDS AID MRS. SHERIDAN, SUSPECTED AS SPY; She Gets Safely Out of Russia, Hearing at the Last the Story of the Czar's Dethronement. VANDERLIP'S HUGE CHECKS They May Still Be Printing Paper Rubles to Pay for His Birds of Paradise. VIEW OF THIEVES' MARKET And How Trotzky's Wife Was Caught in a Raid on It--How Woman Fares Under Sovietism. Happy Servant All Dressed Up. POWERFUL REDS AID MRS. SHERIDAN Question of Communist Politeness. Vanderlip's Purchases Amuse Reds. Litvinoff Guide to Illicit Market. A Visit to the Czar's Palace. How the Czar's Eyes Were Opened.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Whispering
John Schonberger
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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 Recession — Severe deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.
Time Elapsed
38,541 days ago
(105 years, 216 days)