A List of Things People Blamed on Flappers
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The decline of the whale catching industry
Forest fires
Making American women ugly
Eye disease in men
Unemployment
Britain's troubles
Ruining the audio quality of radio broadcasts
Physical misfits during World War II
A decline in public transportation revenue
An auto collision
A decline in weddings
Ruining napkins and glass at soda fountains
A barber strike
Farmers' woe
A shortage of overshoes
Ruining the ribbon business
Ruining America
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