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Friday, February 13, 1925

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The Headlines

CAVE DRILL REACHES A CAVERNOUS AREA; NEW RESCUE HOPE; But Engineers Admit Seven-Foot Section of Limestone Is Big Obstacle. SHAFT IS NOW DOWN 53 FEET Optimistic Workers Think They May Reach Passageway to Collins at Any Moment. BUT OTHERS ARE DUBIOUS Progress Is Slow All Day Because of Constant Need of Re-timbering.

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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

37,002 days ago

(101 years, 137 days)