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Monday, April 23, 1923
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The Headlines
JERSEY FOREST FIRE DESTROYS 23 HOMES CHURCH AND SCHOOL; Flames Lay Waste 30,000 Acres of Woodland and Threaten Big Lakehurst Airship. NIGHT RAIN BRINGS RELIEF Seven Fires Still Raging in Passaic County -- Volunteers Are Called From 10-Mile Radius. BIG LOSS ON STATEN ISLAND $1,000,000 Damage to Copper Plant at Tottenville and Ferry at Holland's Hook. JERSEY FOREST FIRE DESTROYS 23 HOMES
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Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Lester B. Pearson (1897)
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
37,664 days ago
(103 years, 69 days)