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Saturday, July 11, 1925
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The Headlines
EX-COLLEGE STUDENT ACCUSED OF SLAYING TAXI MAN FOR THRILL; Army and Police Hunting Philip Knapp, Scion of Prominent Syracuse Family. DESERTER FROM MINEOLA Last Man Seen With Slain Taxi Driver Near Camp Mills -- Said to Have Sold Victim's Car. TRAILED TOWARD CANADA Note He Left in Camp, Seemingly Deranged, Makes Case Look Like That of Leopoid and Loeb. EX-COLLEGE STUDENT ACCUSED OF SLAYING
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Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834)
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
36,854 days ago
(100 years, 354 days)