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Tuesday, October 20, 1925

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The Headlines

CRASH OF BIG PLANE KILLS 3 ARMY MEN; Crowd Near Wildwood, N.J., Sees Craft Turn Over in Nose Dive as Motor Fails. TWO VICTIMS OFFICERS Were on Their Way to Langley Field Carrying Toys and Goods for Their Families. CRASH OF BIG PLANE KILLS 3 ARMY MEN

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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

36,753 days ago

(100 years, 253 days)