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Wednesday, February 3, 1926
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The Headlines
COLBY, 'FROZEN OUT,' SUES BROKER FIRM; Ex-Secretary of State Says Imbrie & Co. Deny Him Share in $875,000 Profits. GETS RIGHT TO SEE BOOKS He Charges He Was Voted Out After He Had Helped Build Up the Company. COLBY, 'FROZEN OUT,' SUES BROKER FIRM
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
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
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
36,647 days ago
(100 years, 147 days)