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Friday, April 20, 1923
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The Headlines
DRY CHIEF VISITS BOOTLEGGING FLEET OFF AMBROSE LIGHT; Director Canfield Megaphones to Captain of Flagship, but Sees No Liquor. SIX VESSELS AT ANCHOR But Small Rum Carriers Had Been Scared Off by Wireless News of Expedition. GOELET'S OLD YACHT THERE British Government Orders It to Remain Until the Consul General Can Visit It and Make Inquiries. DRY CHIEF VISITS BOOTLEGGING FLEET
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
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- Kai Siegbahn (1918)
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
37,668 days ago
(103 years, 73 days)