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Wednesday, February 10, 1926
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The Headlines
BRITISH COUNTESS, ADMITTING DIVORCE, DETAINED ON LINER; Ex-Wife of Earl Cathcart Must Go to Ellis Island Today for Immigration Inquiry. SHE CALLS IT AN OUTRAGE Sees "Powerful Enemy" at Work, but Predicts Entry -- Consul Speaks in Vain. DETENTION HAS PRECEDENT British Captain Recently Held Three Days Because Guilty In Divorce -- Then Admitted. BRITISH COUNTESS DETAINED ON LINER
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
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (1859)
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
36,641 days ago
(100 years, 141 days)