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Tuesday, October 7, 1924
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The Headlines
REGISTRATION UP BY 26 PER CENT.; Total Returns for the City Show 187,845, Against 149,350 in 1920.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Henry A. Wallace (1888)
- Charles XIII (1748)
- June Allyson (1917)
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
37,132 days ago
(101 years, 267 days)