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Thursday, May 20, 1926
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE ACCUSED OF GIVING OFFICE TO PLEASE LOBBY; Culbertson Wrote That Brossard Was Rewarded for "Playing" With Sugar Interests. LETTER READ TO SENATORS Ex-Commissioner Admits Authorship, but Denies President Tried to Influence Him. DIFFERED ON TARIFF VIEWS But Witness Says He Was Neither Forced Nor Tempted Off the Commission. COOLIDGE ACCUSED OF FAVORING LOBBY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- James Stewart (1908)
- Eduard Buchner (1860)
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
36,541 days ago
(100 years, 41 days)