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Friday, May 1, 1925
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The Headlines
NEW YORK-CHICAGO AIRPLANE EXPRESS DUE IN TWO MONTHS; President of Curtiss Company Says Ford and Other Men of Wealth Organized It.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
36,925 days ago
(101 years, 60 days)