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Thursday, August 13, 1925
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The Headlines
BERLIN ASKS RETURN OF SEIZED PROPERTY; Note to Kellogg Refers to Total Value of $300,000,000 Held by Alien Custodian. CONGRESS ACTION NEEDED Amount in Question Is Kept Against $430,000,000 in Our War Claims Pending. BERLIN ASKS RETURN OF SEIZED PROPERTY
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
- Samuel de Champlain (1567)
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
36,821 days ago
(100 years, 321 days)