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Saturday, March 13, 1926
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The Headlines
PLAN GASOLINE LEVY TO FOLLOW TAX CUT; Republicans Revive Idea as Assembly Committee Favors 25% Income Slash. EXPECT NEW REVENUE BILL Measure Requiring 2 Cents a Gallon With 50% to Counties Said to Be Favored. REPUBLICANS SPEED CUT IN STATE TAXES
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781)
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
36,609 days ago
(100 years, 109 days)