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Saturday, August 14, 1926

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The Headlines

COOLIDGE APPROVES FIRST TWO AIRWAYS OF NATIONAL CHAIN; New York to Pacific and Chicago to Southwest Daily Service Will Start in Six Months. FIVE OTHERS PROJECTED Hoover Outlines Network of Passenger, Freight and Mail Lines Under Private Charter. AIR TRANSIT ERA PREDICTED Commerce Secretary, Conferring With the President, Sees Gain for Business, Aid in Defense. COOLIDGE APPROVES CHAIN OF AIRWAYS

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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

36,455 days ago

(99 years, 320 days)