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Thursday, June 11, 1925

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The Headlines

STRIKES AGAIN TIE UP $100,000,000 BUILDING; Inter-Union War Over Who Shall Control Plastering Hits Many Cities. LEADERS ARE ASSAILED Contractors May Appeal to Washington -- Labor Executive Blames Employers. STRIKES AGAIN TIE UP $100,000,000 WORK

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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

Catchphrases of 1925

  • The business of America is business

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

36,884 days ago

(101 years, 19 days)