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Wednesday, April 11, 1923

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The Headlines

ENRIGHT DEMANDS A BOOTLEG INQUIRY; ALBANY TOO MAY ACT; Commissioner Asks District At- torneys Here to Take Up Cu- villier's Charges. WILL SUE ASSEMBLYMAN Hirshfield Declares He Will Summon Legislator in Inquiry Approved by Mayor. INCIDENT ROUSES ALBANY Can Prove Charges, Says Cuvillier -- Republicans Inclined to Favor Inquiry. ENRIGHT DEMANDS POLICE RUM INQUIRY

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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

37,677 days ago

(103 years, 82 days)