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Saturday, August 15, 1925

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The Headlines

DEBT DISPUTE LEFT TO BELGIAN CABINET AND THE PRESIDENT; Conferences Are Adjourned to Allow Both Commissions to Consult on Concessions. HOPE TO AGREE TUESDAY In the Meantime Neither Side Will Accept the Other's Offer on the Rate of Interest. BRUSSELS PRESS CRITICAL Ministers Refrain From Any Comment After Receiving Report From Washington.

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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

36,819 days ago

(100 years, 319 days)