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Friday, July 24, 1925
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The Headlines
CRAIG SAYS SINNOTT FIRM GOT A MILLION ON CITY CONTRACTS; Controller Estimates That It Is Making $250,000 a Year on Municipal Business. FROM PEANUTS TO SUBWAY' Asserts Concern Headed by Brother of Mayor's Son-in-Law Takes Toll Everywhere. CALLS IT DRAIN ON PUBLIC Charles That Bonding Will Make One Section of Hylan Tube Cost $172,000 More. CRAIG SAYS SINNOTT FIRM GOT A MILLION
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
36,841 days ago
(100 years, 341 days)