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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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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

36,571 days ago

(100 years, 71 days)