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Saturday, July 24, 1926

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The Headlines

MUSSOLINI ASSERTS ITALY MUST EXPAND LEST IT SUFFOCATE; Premier Declares Its Thirst for Power, Riches and Prosperity Must Be Satisfied. SEES NO THREAT TO OTHERS Under Fascismo, He Declares, Italy Alone Among European Powers Is Forging Ahead. HE DENOUNCES LIBERALISM Contrasts Italian Problems With Ours and Contends Two Nations Have Much in Common. MUSSOLINI ASSERTS ITALY MUST EXPAND

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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

36,476 days ago

(99 years, 341 days)