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Wednesday, June 18, 1924
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE EXPLAINS; HARMONY HIS AIM; New Advisory Committee Is Expected to Aid Chairman Butler to Direct Fight.
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
- Ivan Goncharov (1812)
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845)
- Georgi Dimitrov (1882)
- Miklós Horthy (1868)
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901)
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
37,242 days ago
(102 years, 12 days)