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Tuesday, August 31, 1926
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The Headlines
COL. HARTNEY BACKS BERRY IN FONCK ROW; Vice President of Argonauts Says if Three Make Flight the Captain Must Go. COPY OF CONTRACT SHOWN Agreement Includes Berry in Plans for Hop and He Is Only Flier Financially Interested. COL. HARTNEY BACKS BERRY IN FONCK ROW
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
36,439 days ago
(99 years, 304 days)