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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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Best-selling Sheet Music

Fascinating Rhythm

George Gershwin

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1924

  • Keep Cool with Coolidge

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)