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Sunday, March 28, 1926

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The Headlines

AGAIN GOLD LURES MAN NORTH; But the Newest Treasure Quest in Canada Is Different From Others Because the Airplane, Snow Tractors and the Radio Play a Part in the Dash Into the Remote Ontario Wilds AGAIN GOLD LURES MAN NORTHWARD

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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

Catchphrases of 1926

  • It girl

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

36,595 days ago

(100 years, 95 days)