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Friday, September 17, 1926
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The Headlines
NUTMEG DEMOCRATS DEMAND DRY REPEAL; State Convention's Platform Calls Prohibition a Blow at Personal Liberty. NAME TYLER FOR SENATE Improved Labor Conditions and Wider State and Local Rule Are Advocated.
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
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
- Agostinho Neto (1922)
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
36,421 days ago
(99 years, 286 days)