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Thursday, July 16, 1925
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The Headlines
HOME RULE APPEAL TO BE HEARD SEPT. 1; Highest Court Fixes Time for Argument, Holding Immediate Action Not Necessary. EXPECT DECISION BY SEPT. 15 Nicholson Asks Review at Once, but Plea of James Marshall for Delay Prevails. HOME RULE APPEAL TO BE HEARD SEPT. 1
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
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Ginger Rogers (1911)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796)
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
36,849 days ago
(100 years, 349 days)