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Wednesday, January 20, 1926
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The Headlines
M'LAUGHLIN OUSTS DRINKING POLICEMAN; Summary Action Jolts Whole Force -- He Warns That the Unfit Will Have to Go. TAKES CHARGE OF TRIALS Appears Suddenly at Brooklyn Headquarters and Deals Severely With Offenders. M'LAUGHLIN OUSTS DRINKINGPOLICEMAN
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Aristotle Onassis (1906)
- Charles III of Spain (1716)
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
36,661 days ago
(100 years, 161 days)