Thursday, December 2, 1920

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The Headlines

BUILDING COLLAPSES ON BROADWAY; ONE TO SIX BELIEVED DEAD IN RUINS; MANY HURT, SAVED BY DARING RESCUERS; TRAFFIC TIED UP BY CRASH Perilous Condition of Ruins Causes Order to Halt All Rescue Work. ONE WORKMAN IS MISSING Overload on Third Floor Thought to Have Caused Nine-Story Strathmore to Fall. IT WAS BEING REMODELED Injunction Had Been Sought to Prevent Reconstruction While Building Was Occupied.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

You Share a Birthday With

• Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
• Georges Seurat (1859)
• Otto Dix (1891)
• Ivan Bagramyan (1897)
• George Minot (1885)

Slang

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)