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Tuesday, July 13, 1926
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The Headlines
GHOSTLY TOWNS PUT UNDER 'MARTIAL LAW'; Cordon of Military Guards Keeps All From Danger Zone -- 200 More Marines on Way. VILLAGERS CAN'T GET HOME Ask How Long They Must Wait, Are Told, "We Don't Know" -- Some Stores Open. GHOSTLY TOWNS PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW
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
- 1841 (1851)
- Pope Clement X (1590)
- Isaac Babel (1894)
- Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608)
- John Dee (1527)
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
36,488 days ago
(99 years, 353 days)