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Thursday, September 3, 1925

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The Headlines

HOME RULE UPHELD BY APPEALS COURT; BUS DECISION WAITS; Lower Bench Is Reversed on Amendment's Validity and Legality of Statute. ENDS DOUBT ON CITY BILLS Unanimous Decision Legalizes Many Acts Passed Here and Elsewhere in the State. GOV. SMITH PRAISES VERDICT He Halls the Ruling as a Victory for Walker -- Precedent for Other States, Says Colby. HOME RULE UPHELD BY APPEALS COURT

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

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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

36,800 days ago

(100 years, 300 days)