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Friday, October 23, 1925

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The Headlines

MOONBEAM MOVES NEW DEVICE TO TEST THE EINSTEIN THEORY; Prof. Hartsough's Balance Reacts to Weight of One 280- Billionth of an Ounce. COLUMBIA FINANCES TRIAL Scientist Will Determine Elapsed Time of Gravitational Attraction. OIL COMPANIES INTERESTED Believe Instrument Would Locate Petroleum Deposits Better Than Those Now Used. DEVICE WEIGHS PULL OF MOONLIGHT RAY

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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

36,750 days ago

(100 years, 250 days)