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On the date
Tuesday, May 12, 1925
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The Headlines
BOND THREAT FAILED TO AWE CONTRACTOR; Builder Says He Ordered Out a Solicitor Who Asserted He Represented Sinnott. EVIDENCE PLEASES MAYOR Contractors at Hirshfield Inquiry Decline to Blame Sinnott & Canty for Loss of Jobs. BOND THREAT FAILED TO AWE CONTRACTOR
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
36,914 days ago
(101 years, 49 days)