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Saturday, January 30, 1926
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The Headlines
Rob Butchers' & Drovers' Bank of $100,000; Three Employes and Outsider Are Arrested
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
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Douglas Engelbart (1925)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781)
- Max Theiler (1899)
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913)
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
36,651 days ago
(100 years, 151 days)