It had been 25 years since the index hit 381.17 on Sept. 3, 1929, when the Roaring Twenties were still roaring.

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Crime rose during the Roaring Twenties then fell in the Depression.

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The roar of the roaring twenties began to rumble.

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The Roaring Twenties were underway in 1922.

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Legend has it that back in the Roaring Twenties when 1, 200 people would attend nightly dinner dances into the wee hours of the night, then descend on the coffee shop for late breakfast, one asked executive chef Fred Schmidt to create something different.

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