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Thursday, January 1, 1925

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The Headlines

HOOVER PREDICTS COMING YEAR WILL BE BEST SINCE THE WAR; Secretary Finds Large Assurance of World Peace and Economic Stability. TREND OF EVENTS SURVEYED He Calls the Recovery of Agriculture Outstanding Feature of 1924. WAGES BEST ON RECORD No Present Indication of Inflation and a Margin of Industrial Capacity. HOOVER PREDICTS 1925 BEST YEAR

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Walter Donaldson

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 1925

  • The business of America is business

Tech Check

Mechanical Television, The Leica I & Masking Tape.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

37,045 days ago

(101 years, 180 days)