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Wednesday, July 15, 1925

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The Headlines

HOME RULE APPEAL IN HIGH COURT TODAY; Argument Scheduled to Begin at Albany, but Is Likely to Be Put Off to Fall. CITY RETURNS TO OLD BASIS Board of Appeals and Board of Standards Meet Once More as Separate Bodies. HOME RULE APPEAL IN HIGH COURT TODAY

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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

36,850 days ago

(100 years, 350 days)