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Thursday, August 16, 1923

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The Headlines

FALLON AND M'GEE ORDERED TO COURT; Must Show Cause Why They Shouldn't Be Held in Con- tempt in Fuller Case. FAILED TO PRODUCE PAPERS New Action by Judge Goddard Has No Effect on Indictment on Same Ground.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes! We Have No Bananas

Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.

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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

37,550 days ago

(102 years, 320 days)