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Sunday, October 18, 1925

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The Headlines

PENN CONQUERS YALE FOR 1ST TIME, 16-13; Charges Rivals' Ramparts at Opening of Battle and Avenges String of Eleven Defeats. KREUZ WINS HARD CONTEST His Placement Kick Gives Invaders the Margin of Victory -- 70,000 in Bowl See Game. BLUE'S RALLY IS IN VAIN Crippled Stars Rush Into Fray, but Remarshaled Forces Push Over Only Two Touchdowns. PENN DEFEATS YALE FOR THE FIRST TIME

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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

36,755 days ago

(100 years, 255 days)