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Saturday, February 13, 1926
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The Headlines
MEXICO ANSWERS AMERICAN PROTEST; Her Stand on Land and Oil Laws is Not Modified, Making the Deadlock Complete.
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
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Pope Alexander VII (1599)
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
36,637 days ago
(100 years, 137 days)