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Thursday, September 13, 1923
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The Headlines
LEACH AND LAHEY LINKED IN RUMORS OF POLICE UP HEAVAL; Coolness Between Enright and His Aids Seen as Sign of Serious Breach. COMMISSIONER IS SILENT Why Department's Bribe Inquiry Was Dropped Is Still Unanswered. PETRUCCI CASE NEAR END Lindsay Falls to Find Two New Witnesses -- 177 on Force Fined for Minor Offenses. LEACH AND LAHEY LINKED IN RUMORS
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Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
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
37,521 days ago
(102 years, 291 days)