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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

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Fascinating Rhythm

George Gershwin

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1924

  • Keep Cool with Coolidge

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)