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Saturday, November 21, 1925
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE EXPECTS DRY ENFORCEMENT IN ALL VIOLATIONS; Wants Federal Attorneys to Prosecute Personal Use Violators and Bootleggers Alike. SITUATION HERE INVOLVED President, However, Emphasizes Need of Shutting Off Sources of Supply. THIRTEEN CLUBS SHUT HERE Del Fey Agrees to Buckner Padlock for a Year, the Others for Six Months.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
36,721 days ago
(100 years, 221 days)