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Wednesday, September 8, 1926

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The Headlines

WISCONSIN COUNT CLOSE ON SENATOR; BLAINE IS LEADING; La Follette Candidate Forges Ahead of Lenroot After the Latter Had Early Lead. SWEEP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Moses Is Piling Up a 2 to 1 Lead Over Governor Bass in Primary. ODDIE FIRST IN NEVADA Governor Hunt in Arizona Has a Commanding Lead for His Sixth Term.

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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

36,430 days ago

(99 years, 295 days)