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Sunday, April 18, 1926

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The Headlines

CLUB STEAK FIRST IN $10,000 ABERDEEN; Filly Wins Juvenile Feature of Havre de Grace Meeting by Beating 19 Others. AT THE POST 14 MINUTES Starter Has Trouble Getting Field Away -- Red Rocket Is Second, A.P. Canale Third. BEDWELL HAS 3 WINNERS Saddles Foreland, Senator Norris and Cudgeller -- Jockey W. Smith Scores a Double.

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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

36,574 days ago

(100 years, 74 days)