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Saturday, September 12, 1925
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The Headlines
ONE SHIP PASSED THEM BY; But Aviators Say They Never Gave Up Hope of Making Shore. RODGERS'S HEROISM PRAISED Men Agree They Owe Lives to Him and Tell of His Skill and Sacrifice. GOING TO HOSPITAL TO REST They Are Now at Pearl Harbor Leaving Plane Riding at Anchor, Practically Unharmed.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,791 days ago
(100 years, 291 days)