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Friday, August 28, 1925
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The Headlines
Text of Gov. Smith's Brooklyn Speech Supporting Senator Walker for Mayor; Reviews Bitter Struggle for Primary Law and Says Hylan Fails to Understand It -- Calls Mayor Boss-Ridden -- No Man Can Control Democratic Party, He Declares. TEXT OF GOVERNOR'S BROOKLYN SPEECH
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
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- George Whipple (1878)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
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
36,806 days ago
(100 years, 306 days)