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Monday, March 23, 1925

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The Headlines

REPUBLICANS CHARGE HYLAN EVADES LAW IN LETTING CITY JOBS; Committee of 130 Says Non-Competitive Contracts Open the Way to Favoritism. FINDS MILLIONS INVOLVED Lists 300 Instances Approved by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen. CITES A COURT DECISION Director of the Budget Defends City's Action -- Calls Charges Ambiguous. REPUBLICANS SAY HYLAN EVADES LAW

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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

36,964 days ago

(101 years, 99 days)