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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.

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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

36,573 days ago

(100 years, 73 days)