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Monday, March 8, 1926
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The Headlines
'BIG BILL' EDWARDS PRO FOOTBALL CZAR; Former Revenue Collector and One-Time College Star, Takes $25,000-a-Year Post. COLLEGE STANDARD IS AIM He Tells of Ambitious Plans for the New League -- William H. Hayward to Be Adviser. BIG BILL EDWARDS PRO FOOTBALL HEAD
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
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
36,614 days ago
(100 years, 114 days)