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Wednesday, July 28, 1926

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The Headlines

SHIPS OFF FLORIDA FIGHT 100-MILE GALE; Vainly Seek Italian Freighter Ansaldo, Crippled in Seas Rolled Up by Hurricane. HAVOC ALONG PALM BEACH $1,000,000 Damage Is Done to Homes and Yachts -- Wires Are Down Over Wide Area. SHIPS OFF FLORIDA FIGHT 100-MILE GALE

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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

36,472 days ago

(99 years, 337 days)