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Monday, September 20, 1926

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The Headlines

HURRICANE RAGES 9 HOURS; It Ravages the East Coast From Miami to Palm Beach. HEAVY SEAS FLOOD CITIES Lake Okeechobee Breaks Its Dikes and It Is Feared Hundreds Have Drowned. LOSS MAY BE $100,000,000 Thousands of Buildings Are Wrecked, Roads Blocked, Wires Down -- Martial Law in 3 Cities.

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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

36,418 days ago

(99 years, 283 days)