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Tuesday, April 20, 1926
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The Headlines
SENATORS GET CHURCH PLEA; Bishop Cannon, Speaking for Methodists, Urges Larger Funds. PROSECUTOR CITES DATA Mrs. Willebrandt Says Prohibition Is a Success, With Enforcement Gaining. MRS. BOOLE LAUDS DRY ACT W.C.T.U. Is Backed by the Salvation Army in Testimony at the Senate Inquiry. Drys Claim Decrease in Drunkenness and Charily Cases Since Dry Law Passed Methodist Church Workers Demand Rigid Enforcement as They Recall Evils of Saloon Points to Increasing Dry Law Convictions
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- Kai Siegbahn (1918)
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
36,571 days ago
(100 years, 71 days)