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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.

    Wikipedia →

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

36,925 days ago

(101 years, 60 days)