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Tuesday, March 6, 1923

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The Headlines

NEW CHARTER DRAFT TURNS CITY SCHOOLS, OVER TO THE STATE; Hunter and City Colleges Not Included in Proposed Transfer. COSTS TO BE MET HERE Commission Declares Its Plan Is Backed by Best Opinion of Observers. PUTS CURB ON SUBWAYS Courts to Pass on Projects for More Than $50,000,000 -- Craig Pushing His Minority Report.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes! We Have No Bananas

Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1923

  • Yes, We Have No Bananas

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

37,712 days ago

(103 years, 117 days)