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Tuesday, April 24, 1923

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The Headlines

HARDING TO BACK UP WORLD COURT STAND IN THIS CITY TODAY; In Address to The Associated Press He Is Expected to Clarify and Buttress His Proposal. HIS POSITION STILL FIRM But Party Politicians Fear He Will Make League the Dominant Issue if He Persists. SOME DEMOCRATS WARY But Senator Robinson Favors Court, Though Thinking Issue Exaggerated.

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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

37,664 days ago

(103 years, 69 days)