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Sunday, February 22, 1925
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The Headlines
PELL REACHES FINAL IN RACQUETS PLAY; Champion, Trailing From Start, Beats Morgan After 5 Games in National Tourney. STAGES A BRILLIANT RALLY Thrills Gallery at Racquet and Tennis Club With Fast and Strategic Attack. MORTIMER ALSO IS VICTOR Last Year's Runner-Up Triumphs Over Pearson of Philadelphia, 15-10, 15-7, 16-18, 11-15, 15-11. PELL GAINS FINAL IN RACQUETS PLAY
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
36,993 days ago
(101 years, 128 days)