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Monday, January 19, 1925

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The Headlines

JAPANESE BACK US IN NEW OPIUM FIGHT; Tokio Officially Commends Porter for Efforts to Maintain Friendly Relations. BUT HE FACES CRISIS TODAY This Is Due to British Opposition to American Proposals to Suppress Opium in the Far East. JAPANESE BACK US NEW OPIUM FIGHT

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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

37,027 days ago

(101 years, 162 days)