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Friday, July 18, 1924
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The Headlines
RITZ OFFICERS HELD IN PADLOCK ACTION; President, Treasurer and Secretary Are Placed in $1,000 Bail Each. PROFIT BY HOTEL DENIED Power to Close Other Large Enterprises Hinges on Outcome of the Suit. RITZ OFFIGERS HELD .IN PADLOGK AGTION
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
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Thomas Kuhn (1922)
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
37,212 days ago
(101 years, 347 days)