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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.
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
36,430 days ago
(99 years, 295 days)