100 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, April 23, 1924
Corned beef and cabbage and bobbed hair are responsible for the drop in the yen, according to the import manager of a leading foreign trade firm. It is the original cost of the corned beef and cabbage, and the upkeep of the bobbed hair that is draining the treasuries of Japan, he believes.
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