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Tuesday, August 11, 1925
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The Headlines
MAYOR'S TICKET PICKED; Brooklyn and Queens Choose It, Richmond Leader Approves. BIG BILL' FOR CONTROLLER Bronx Real Estate Man Selected to Run for Aldermanic Presidency. FULL BROOKLYN TICKET Guider Placed in Race for Borough President -- Connolly to Succeed Himself. TWO BOROUGHS NAME DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,823 days ago
(100 years, 323 days)