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Thursday, August 20, 1925
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The Headlines
FRENCH NOW COMING TO ARRANGE DEBT WITH WASHINGTON; Mellon Announces Mission Will Sail for This Country in September. MOVE BY ITALY IS EXPECTED Six Nations to Date Have Contracted to Repay $5,000,000,000 Advanced. CREDIT IS OPEN TO BELGIUM Large Loan to France Also Is Being Considered by Bankers Following Refunding Settlement. FRENCH NOW COMING TO ARRANGE DEBT
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
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Raymond Poincaré (1860)
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
36,814 days ago
(100 years, 314 days)