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Tuesday, August 7, 1923
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The Headlines
TRIP IS ONE HUGE TRIBUTE; Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana Honor Dead President. CROWDS BECOME GREATER Estimated at 1,000,000 During the Day -- Show Silent Respect in Demonstrations. WIDOW SAVES HER STRENGTH Spends Most of Her Time in Bed to Conserve Herself for the Later Rites.
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
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Constantius II (317)
- Ralph Bunche (1904)
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560)
- Emil Nolde (1867)
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
37,558 days ago
(102 years, 328 days)