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Monday, August 30, 1926

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The Headlines

BAKER URGES ALLIES AND UNITED STATES TO ERASE WAR DEBTS; Ex-Secretary Proposes Mutual Cancellation Around Table at International Conference. ATTACKS AMERICAN STAND Asserts We Should Reconsider British Settlement and French Terms. WOULD EASE GERMAN LOAD Declares Public Has Been Shackled as Lloyd George and Clemenceau Were at Versailles.

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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

36,440 days ago

(99 years, 305 days)