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Thursday, August 12, 1926
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The Headlines
SEE 1928 AFFECTED BY OHIO PRIMARY; Political Leaders Believe Wet and Dry Fight May Put Pomerene in Field. WATCH KLAN IN ALABAMA Vote for Its Candidates There Regarded as Affecting the Chances of Gov. Smith. SEE 1928 AFFECTED BY OHIO PRIMARY
Read in The New York Times →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
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
36,458 days ago
(99 years, 323 days)