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Sunday, January 4, 1925
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The Headlines
1,425 INDIVIDUALS HELPED THIS YEAR BY NEEDIEST FUND; 348 Cases Provided For Out of the $231,698.81 Contributed by 11,340 Times Readers. ANALYSIS OF THE GIFTS 51 Per Cent. of the Contributors Sent $5 or Less -- 91 Per Cent. Gave $25 or Under. ACCOUNTING FOR THE FUND Table Printed Today Shows Specific Cases to Which the Moneys Were Allocated.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710)
- Katsura Tarō (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
37,042 days ago
(101 years, 177 days)