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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.
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
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
- Ahmed I (1590)
- Gratian (359)
- George H. Hitchings (1905)
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
36,574 days ago
(100 years, 74 days)