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Saturday, March 8, 1924
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The Headlines
RADIO BROADCASTS TALKS 7,000 MILES WITHOUT WIRE'S AID; Technology Dinner Program Made Available to 50,000,000 Listeners. HAILED AS GREATEST FEAT Speeches and Music Heard From the Pacific Coast to British Isles. SENT DIRECT INTO THE AIR American and British Companies Cooperate in Use of Recently Perfected Invention. RADIO BROADCASTS TALKS 7,000 MILES
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
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
37,345 days ago
(102 years, 115 days)