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Monday, July 5, 1926
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The Headlines
MEDIATION REPLY BY NOON; Hedley Gets More Time to Confer With Old Union on Wage Arbitration. NEW MOTORMEN ON HAND Quackenbush Says Enough Are Available to Fill Places -- Sees No Strike, No Pay Rise. FARE QUESTION MAY ARISE But I.R.T. Lawyer Disclaims Any Move to Open Question -- Elevated Men Stand Firm.
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
36,496 days ago
(99 years, 361 days)