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Monday, October 15, 1923
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The Headlines
SAYS REGISTRATION ELECTS DEMOCRATS; Figures Reflect Republican Hostility to Hearst Deal, De- clares Chairman Hoey.
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
On This Day
The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Evangelista Torricelli (1608)
- Italo Calvino (1923)
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
37,489 days ago
(102 years, 259 days)