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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.
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
36,448 days ago
(99 years, 313 days)