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Monday, February 15, 1926
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The Headlines
ALBANY GETS BILLS ON SUBWAYS TONIGHT; Nicoll and Hofstadter Will Direct $300,000,000 City Transit Relief Measure. PASSAGE CONSIDERED SURE Republican Senator Sees Walker at the Shore -- Mayor Is Greatly Improved.
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
- Galileo Galilei (1564)
- Louis XV (1710)
- Jeremy Bentham (1748)
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
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
36,635 days ago
(100 years, 135 days)