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Friday, February 22, 1924
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The Headlines
WILLIAM ZIEGLER JR. BUYS THE BELMONT; Gives Home as Part Payment on $7,000,000 Price of 21-Story Hotel. HAS LONG BEEN ON MARKET Was Built by the Interborough, Which Tried to Sell It in 1920 -- Lease Soon to End. WILLIAM ZIEGLER JR. BUYS THE BELMONT
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
37,359 days ago
(102 years, 129 days)