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Monday, February 22, 1926
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The Headlines
BUYS PIZARRO DATA; MAY REVISE HISTORY; H.E. Huntington Acquires Hitherto Unknown Papers on Peru's Conquest. SEIZURE OF CHILE RELATED Documents Bear Signatures of Spanish Kings -- Handed Down for Three Centuries.
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
36,629 days ago
(100 years, 129 days)