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Monday, August 2, 1926
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The Headlines
HUGE MINE PROPERTY OF GIESCHE HEIRS IN AMERICAN HANDS; Anaconda-Harriman Syndicate Takes Full Control in Both Prussia and Poland. NEW BOARD IS ELECTED American Engineers in Charge of One of the World's Oldest Industrial Undertakings. DEAL INVOLVES $20,000,000 Value of the Company's Holdings Before the War Was Put at More Than $100,000,000.
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
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
36,468 days ago
(99 years, 333 days)