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Tuesday, June 30, 1925
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The Headlines
TREMORS CONTINUE ALL DAY; Second Big Shock in Early Morning Causes Most Damage to City. BURST DAM BRINGS FLOOD Principal Buildings Are Razed or Damaged, Including Famous Spanish Mission. COMPLETE ORDER PREVAILS Citizens Start Plans for Reconstruction, Mayor Declaring Outside Aid Is Not Needed. VIEW OF SANTA BARBARA AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE.
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
- Czesław Miłosz (1911)
- Walter Ulbricht (1893)
- Charles VIII of France (1470)
- Susan Hayward (1917)
- Georges Duhamel (author) (1884)
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
36,865 days ago
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