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Monday, December 17, 1923
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The Headlines
DR. GUTHRIE STIRS THRONG BY DEFENSE; Crowd Overflows St. Mark's to Hear Him Justify Pagan and Eurythmic Rituals. TAKES HIS CRITICS TO TASK Scores Fundamentalists and Holds Up the Ancient Greeks for Emulation. DR. GUTHRIE STIRS THRONG BY DEFENSE
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
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Willard Libby (1908)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Simo Häyhä (1905)
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
37,426 days ago
(102 years, 196 days)