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Friday, January 9, 1925
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The Headlines
COLLINS HIS SUCCESSOR; His Eligibility to the Office Since Jan. 1 Is Questioned, However. DISPUTE OVER THE LAW Governor May Have Power to Appoint Hulbert to His Old Position. COMMA FIGURES IN CASE Justice Proskauer Holds That the Office Became Vacant April 9 -- Craig's Fight Upheld.
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
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Pope Gregory XV (1554)
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
37,037 days ago
(101 years, 172 days)