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Wednesday, September 16, 1925
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The Headlines
LUNATIC WITH PISTOL CHASES DR. GREGORY, BELLEVUE ALIENIST; Fires at Physician and Pursues Him in Street as Crowd Follows. FELLED BY A POLICEMAN Appeared Sane and Was Freed From Ward's Island, Says Superintendent. THOUGHT DOCTOR AN ENEMY Dr. Gregory Dodges Among Motor Cars After Bullet Grazes Cheek -- Struggles With Assailant. LUNATIC WITH PISTOL CHASES DR. GREGORY
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
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Henry V of England (1386)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
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
36,787 days ago
(100 years, 287 days)