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Wednesday, June 2, 1926

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The Headlines

KEHOE IS INDICTED AS 'MASTER MIND' IN MILK SCANDAL; Assistant Corporation Counsel Under Hylan Is Accused of Bootleg Cream Plot. LINKED WITH 2-YEAR GRAFT Charges Involve Conspiracy With Doner, a Dealer, to Evade Health Ban. RELEASED ON $10,000 BAIL Expected His Arrest, but Refuses to Talk -- Two Other Indictments Returned. KEHOE IS INDICTED IN MILK SCANDAL

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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

36,529 days ago

(100 years, 29 days)