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Wednesday, August 22, 1923
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The Headlines
COAL STRIKE LOOMS AS SECOND DEADLOCK HALTS NEGOTIATIONS; Anthracite Operators Refuse Wage Advance and Miners Reject Arbitration. PEACE CONFERENCE FAILS Lewis Promises Operators the Most Complete Trouncing of Their Lives. COMMISSION SEES COOLIDGE President Wishes Public to Know That Sufficient Hard Coal Will Be Supplied.
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
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
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
37,543 days ago
(102 years, 313 days)