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Tuesday, August 10, 1926
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The Headlines
GREAT FOOD LACK THREATENS WORLD, ASSERTS SCIENTIST; Sir Daniel Hall in Address at Oxford Fears Population May Overtake Production. BALD HEADS ARE DISCUSSED Anthropologist Connects Man's Loss of Hair With Increased Power of Brain. SAVANT TRACES MIGRATIONS British Association Also Hears Papers on Evolution and Physics in Third Active Session. GREAT FOOD LACK THREATENS WORLD Advises Intensive Farm Methods
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
- Wolfgang Paul (1913)
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
36,459 days ago
(99 years, 324 days)