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Wednesday, February 18, 1925
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The Headlines
' DRYS' SWAMP 'WETS' IN STATE LAW CLASH; BUTLER FEARS DRIVE; Of 1,000 at Hearing Only Two Oppose New Measure to Enforce Prohibition. INTIMIDATION IS CHARGED Head of Columbia Sees Republican Disaster in Bowing to Anti-Saloon League. WOMEN CITE PARTY PLANK Outnumbering Men, 25 to 1, They Point to Pressure of Votes Represented by Their Delegates. ' DRYS' SWAMP'WETS' IN STATE LAW CLASH
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Alessandro Volta (1745)
- Ramakrishna (1836)
- Mary I of England (1516)
- Ernst Mach (1838)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883)
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
36,997 days ago
(101 years, 132 days)