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Tuesday, September 2, 1924
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The Headlines
IS DECIDED BY 3/4 LENGTH; American Favorite Over-Takes French Champion in Stretch Drive.
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
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
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
37,167 days ago
(101 years, 302 days)