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On the date
Friday, January 16, 1925
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The Headlines
IDENTIFIES CHAPMAN AS MAIL TRAIN THIEF; Clerk Who Was Held Up Picks Out Leonard St. Bandit in Rogues' Gallery.
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
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
- John C. Breckinridge (1821)
- Ethel Merman (1908)
- Franz Brentano (1838)
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
37,030 days ago
(101 years, 165 days)