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Friday, February 27, 1925
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The Headlines
SMITH BY APPEAL HALTS LEGISLATURE FOR TAX CUT PARLEY; Conference Is Called by Executive for Action Before Final Appropriations. NO DECISION IS REACHED He Tells Leaders of Majority Party That Reduction Is Up to Them. URGES "PORK BARREL" CUT Opponents Accuse Him of Trying to Make Political Capital Out of Situation.
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
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Paul Ricœur (1913)
- Marian Anderson (1897)
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
36,988 days ago
(101 years, 123 days)