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Sunday, May 3, 1925
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The Headlines
CRAIG HOLDS UP PAY OF POLICEMEN WHO ATTEND THE MAYOR; Objects to Their Employment as Chauffeurs for Hylan and Hirshfield. HE BEGINS AN INQUIRY Also Stops $616 Check for a Detective's Sojourn at Palm Beach. FIREMEN CLEAN A CITY CAR Hirshfield Auto Kept In Firehouse -- Policeman Drives Gordon's Machine Also. CRAIG HOLDS UP PAY OF HYLAN'S DRIVER
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- Pete Seeger (1919)
- George Paget Thomson (1892)
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
36,923 days ago
(101 years, 58 days)