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Friday, May 14, 1926
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The Headlines
PILSUDSKI ASSUMES POLISH GOVERNMENT; ARRESTS PRESIDENT; Occupies All Warsaw With 2,500 Troops, but Loyal Forces Converge on the City. WITOS CABINET HOLDS ON 200 Reported Killed In Street Fighting for Possession of the Capital. POSEN REJECTS DICTATOR Commander of its Army Corps Shoots Himself When Troops Remain Loyal.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,548 days ago
(100 years, 48 days)