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Thursday, February 25, 1926
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The Headlines
COAL MEN IN PANIC AS PUBLIC INSISTS ON ANTHRACITE ONLY; 700,000 Tons of Substitutes on Hand, and the Bottom Has Dropped Out of Market.
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
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
- Carlo Goldoni (1707)
- Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
- José de San Martín (1778)
- Enrico Caruso (1873)
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
36,625 days ago
(100 years, 125 days)