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Monday, January 4, 1926

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The Headlines

PANGALOS ASSUMES GREEK DICTATORSHIP, SUPPORTED BY ARMY; Premier Declares the Nation's Power Has Waned Under Parliamentary Rule. BLAMES THE POLITICIANS " At the End of Patience" With Them, He Says, as the Cause of Grecian Troubles. DECISION MAKES BIG STIR But Regiments Parade in His Honor and Athens Is Reported Quiet.

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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

Catchphrases of 1926

  • It girl

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

36,677 days ago

(100 years, 177 days)