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Tuesday, February 17, 1925
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The Headlines
DOOMED SLAYER OF 6 ENDS LIFE BY HANGING IN DEATH-HOUSE CELL; W.S. Ford, Convicted of Burning Father-in-Law in Brooklyn, Makes Noose of Sheet. UNGUARDED BUT 2 MINUTES Had Long Prepared, and Seized Moment When the Keeper Removed His Dishes. DENIES HIS GUILT IN A NOTE Accuses His Associate of Perjury and Attacks Prosecutor for His Part In Trial. DOOMED SLAYER OF 6 ENDS LIFE BY HANGING
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,998 days ago
(101 years, 133 days)