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Wednesday, December 17, 1924
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The Headlines
DEBATE BLOCKS VOTE ON POSTAL PAY VETO; HIGHER RATE BILL IN; Senate Takes Up Coolidge Message, but Forces It Back on the Table. POSTAL INCREASE OUTLINED Sterling Presents Administration Plan to Increase All Except First-Class Rates. PUBLISHERS MAKE PROTEST Declare Newspaper Mail Now Brings Profit to Government Instead of Causing Deficit. DEBATE BLOCKS VOTE ON POSTAL PAY VETO
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
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Willard Libby (1908)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Simo Häyhä (1905)
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
37,060 days ago
(101 years, 195 days)