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Tuesday, May 1, 1923
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The Headlines
NEW SUGAR BOY COTT IS PLANNED HERE AS PRICES DROP; Hylan, in Telegram, Asks Harding Publicly to Advocate Restriction in Use. 5,000 WOMEN IN CAMPAIGN To Begin House-to-House Canvass Today -- Refined 10 Cents at Wholesale. GOVERNMENT SUIT ARGUED Four Judges Hear Plea to Enjoin Sugar Exchange -- Answer Upholds Trading in Futures. NEW SUGAR BOYCOTT IS PLANNED HERE
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
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
37,656 days ago
(103 years, 61 days)