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Friday, January 1, 1926
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The Headlines
CAROL RENOUNCES RUMANIAN THRONE; Crown Prince Also Gives Up Prerogatives and Membership in the Royal Family. GONE WITH ITALIAN WOMAN King Accepts Withdrawal of Son Who Has Been the Centre of Several Escapades.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
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
Tech Check
Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,681 days ago
(100 years, 181 days)