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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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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

36,459 days ago

(99 years, 324 days)