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Monday, September 1, 1924
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The Headlines
LEAGUE OF EUROPE FRENCH PEACE IDEA; WINS FILENE PRIZE; Plan Found Best Among Thousands Presented in France Gets 100,000 Francs. WOULD PUT END TO WAR Smaller League Within Big One Is Urged as Means to Stabilize Currency AND CONTROL PRODUCTION But Solution of Interallied Debts Is Held to Depend Upon the United States. Text of Winning Plan in Filene French Peace Award
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
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
- Rocky Marciano (1923)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653)
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
37,168 days ago
(101 years, 303 days)