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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.

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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

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

38,541 days ago

(105 years, 216 days)