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Thursday, January 29, 1925

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The Headlines

HYLAN VETOES BAN ON 5TH AV. PARADES; Mayor Warmly Declares "No Association Can Claim the Avenue as Its Own." BELONGS TO WHOLE WORLD Sees No More Reason to Bar Processions Than Close East River to Gay Excursion Boats. HYLAN VETOES BAN ON 5TH AV. PARADES

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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

37,017 days ago

(101 years, 152 days)