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Friday, January 25, 1924
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The Headlines
ANDERSON ON STAND SAYS STRANGER GAVE HIM $20,000 IN CASH; Knows Him Only as "Mr. King, Who Liked My Work" -- Present Address Unknown. COURT FORCES AN ANSWER Accused Told He Must Reveal Name of Benefactor, After Plea to Conceal It. ADMITS COMMISSION SPLIT Says He Took Money to Help Anti-Saloon League Pay Back Funds He Advanced. SAYS STRANGER GAVE HIM $20,000 CASH
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On This Day
The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Loudspeakers, Frozen Food Process & Spiral Notebooks.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,387 days ago
(102 years, 157 days)