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Sunday, October 25, 1925

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The Headlines

COAL STRIKE'S COST NEW $165,000,000; Direct Loss to Industries Affected Only Part of Expense Caused by Mine Tie-Up. MEN LOSE $78,000,000 PAY Besides 158,000 Miners, 15,000 Railroad Employes Lose Work -- No Distress In Coal Region. GOAL STRIKE'S COST NOW $165,000,000

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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

36,748 days ago

(100 years, 248 days)