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Monday, May 25, 1925
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The Headlines
BACKED HYLAN IN '21; WANTS ANOTHER NOW; Ex-Magistrate Schwab Says City Is Dissatisfied With Mayor -- Suggests Business Man. HEARST WARNS TAMMANY Writes That Rejection of Hylan Would "Upset Applecart" in National Elections. BACKED HYLAN IN '21, WANTS ANOTHER NOW
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
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Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jack Steinberger (1921)
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
36,901 days ago
(101 years, 36 days)