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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
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
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867)
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
37,017 days ago
(101 years, 152 days)