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Tuesday, July 8, 1924
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The Headlines
SMITH FORGES TO THE FRONT; He Holds His Own in Voting While Delegates Quit McAdoo. RALSTON AGAIN IN THE RACE Taggart Lays Plans to Get Him the Nomination as He Is Pushed to Third Place Again. HOPE OF NOMINATION TODAY Convention Adopts by an Overwhelming Vote Proposal to Free All Delegates. Sessions Take On More Interest With Release of Delegates
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
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
37,222 days ago
(101 years, 357 days)