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Wednesday, January 27, 1926
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The Headlines
NEW YORK A.C. FACES FINANCIAL PROBLEM; Proposes Increase in Dues to Carry Out Plan for New Town Home. SPECIAL MEETING CALLED Members Will Vote Oil Doubling Initiation Fees and Reducing Non-Resident Zone. NEW YORK A.C. FACES FINANCIAL PROBLEM
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
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
36,654 days ago
(100 years, 154 days)