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Sunday, June 20, 1926

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The Headlines

NEW YORK IS SEARCHING FOR A CITY PLAN; Mayor Walker Outlines the Huge Task That Confronts the Citizens' Committee He Has Just Appointed -- A Statement of the Varied Problems Included in Each of the Seven Divisions of the Survey

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Black Bottom

Ray Henderson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.

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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

36,510 days ago

(100 years, 10 days)