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Monday, April 19, 1926
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The Headlines
LAVA RIVER ENGULFS HAWAIIAN VILLAGE; BOILS INTO THE SEA; Hoopuloa Wiped Out by Mauna Loa Eruption as Natives Appeal to Goddess. THREE CRATERS SPOUTING Fountains Leap 400 Feet and Three Rivers of Lava Zigzag Down the Mountain. PLANES FLY OVER SCENE Sight Is Declared Awe-Inspiring -- Few Lives Are Thought to Be Lost.
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
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Erich Hartmann (1922)
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
36,573 days ago
(100 years, 73 days)