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Wednesday, January 28, 1925
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The Headlines
AWARD CONTRACT FOR ST. JOHN NAVE; LABOR PLEDGES AID; Trustees' Action Means Work Will Begin on $5,900,000 Building in the Spring. MARKS RED LETTER DAY Union Leaders Promise Perfect Work and Contributions for Memorial. $250,386 IN NEW GIFTS This Is a Campaign Record -- One for $50,000 From a Woman Who Wishes Her Name Withheld.
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
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
- Pope Clement IX (1600)
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
37,018 days ago
(101 years, 153 days)