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Tuesday, February 23, 1926
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The Headlines
POPE PIUS REJECTS MUSSOLINI'S OFFERS TO AID THE VATICAN; Pontiff Calls Proposed Legislation a "Policy of Blandishment," of No Practical Value. HOLY SEE NOT CONSULTED And Pontiff Says He Will Not Alter His Status Except by Agreement. WAY SEEN OPEN TO PARLEY Some Commentors Think the Pope Means to Invite a Real Church and State Peace.
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
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1868)
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
36,627 days ago
(100 years, 127 days)