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Saturday, May 23, 1925
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The Headlines
PARK AV. BAPTISTS IN STIRRING SESSION VOTE FOSDICK CALL; Opposition to Him Develops Because of His Stand Against Immersion. WOMAN OBJECTOR FAINTS Mrs. Marshall Clarke Swoons After Spirited Plea for Fundamentals of Church. PRAISE RETIRING PASTOR Rockefeller and Others Regret Dr. Woelfkin's Resignation -- Group to Finance New Edifice. PARK AV. BAPTISTS VOTE FOSDICK CALL
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
- Hans Frank (1900)
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
36,903 days ago
(101 years, 38 days)