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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
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
36,964 days ago
(101 years, 99 days)