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Friday, September 18, 1925

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The Headlines

PROHIBITION REPORT HOLDS MELLON LAX IN DRY ENFORCEMENT; Blames Federal Revenue Bureau for Failure to Take Law More Seriously. ADMITS JOB IS BAFFLING Congress Also Shares Responsibility, Being Slow to Grant Funds for the Service. DANGER OF NULLIFICATION If Federal Enforcement Falls, Then Only Change In Local Sentiment Can Make Law Effective. PROHIBITION REPORT HOLDS MELLON LAX

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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

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

36,785 days ago

(100 years, 285 days)