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Saturday, August 21, 1926

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The Headlines

NEW HALL CASE CLUE IN BROOCH PICKED UP NEAR MURDER SCENE; Finder gave it to Detective Four Years Ago, but It Now Has Disappeared. NEVER PUT INTO EVIDENCE Pin Likened to That of Women of Episcopal Guild--Not Mrs. Mills's, It Is Said. SUSPICIOUS ABOUT PISTOL Simpson Investigates Circumstances of Its Finding--Five New Witnesses Questioned.

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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

36,448 days ago

(99 years, 313 days)