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Monday, April 26, 1926
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The Headlines
$70,076,125 A YEAR WOULD MAKE STATE DRY, SAYS BUCKNER; Gives Senate Detailed Figures for 'Reasonable' Prohibition Enforcement. $11,441,000 IN HIS DISTRICT $20,021,750 for State, He Says, if Jury Trials Are Abolished, U.S. Police Courts Set Up. ALCOHOL DIVERSION HUGE 60,000,000-Gallon Leak Into Rum Trade in Year, He Figures, and Output Is Soaring. $70,076,125 TO DRY STATE, SAYS BUCKNER
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (1917)
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
36,566 days ago
(100 years, 66 days)