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Saturday, May 5, 1923
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The Headlines
POINCARE DEMANDS THAT GERMANY MEET FULL FRENCH TERMS; His Stand Rallies All French Parties and Divisions Are Expected to Disappear. BRITAIN NOT CONSULTED Note Will Be Submitted to Lon- don and Washington, but for Information Only. BRITISH DISLIKE ISOLATION Curzon Says He Believes No Settle- ment Can Be Reached Without Allied Unity.
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
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
37,652 days ago
(103 years, 57 days)