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Tuesday, June 15, 1926

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The Headlines

10 DEAD, 60 HURT, IN GARY EXPLOSION; Coke Oven Blast Crumbles Building of the Illinois Steel Company. SCATTERS BLAZING ACID Property Damage Is Estimated in Millions -- 35,000 Are Thrown Out of Work.

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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

36,515 days ago

(100 years, 15 days)