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Tuesday, September 21, 1926

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The Headlines

COOLIDGE OPPOSES COMPROMISE PLAN ON WORLD COURT; Mere Accordance of Equal Standing With League Council Members Not Acceptable. DOES NOT MEET OBJECTIONS President Still Believes the Fifth Reservation as It Stands Will Win in the End. WILLIS BACKS HIS VIEWS He Says the Senate Will Maintain Its Position as Interpreted in the Reservations. COOLIDGE OPPOSES COMPROMISE PLAN

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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

36,417 days ago

(99 years, 282 days)