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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.

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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

37,042 days ago

(101 years, 177 days)