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Thursday, May 14, 1925
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The Headlines
SINNOTT FIRM NAME ERASED ON POLICIES INSURING CITY WORK; Mutilated Papers Show Concern Handled $4,200,000 Fire Risks, Kerrigan Says. ORIGIN OF CHANGE IN DOUBT Contractors Quoted as Testifying Workmen's Compensation Also Went to Brokers. CHARGES ARE BELITTLED Hirshfield Explains Messenger Service Was for Delivery of Theatre Tickets.
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
36,912 days ago
(101 years, 47 days)