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Thursday, February 1, 1923
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The Headlines
MEDICAL ACADEMY GETS $2,000,000 FOR TEMPLE OF SCIENCE; Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation Each Gives $1,000,000. BUYS PLOT IN PARK AVENUE Plans Include Establishment of Big Centre to Aid Doctors and the Public. WILL HERALD DISCOVERIES Institution's President Tells of Pro- gram for Library and Lecture Extensions. MEDICAL ACADEMY TO BUILD NEW HOME
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Bulldozer, 16mm Film & Hearing Aid (Vacuum Tube).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,746 days ago
(103 years, 151 days)