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Sunday, September 26, 1926
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The Headlines
DR. BROOKS HONORED BY ALBANY FRIENDS; Pastor of St. Paul's Church Is to Come to St. Thomas's Here on Oct. 1. PARISH TO SAY FAREWELL Congregation Will Pay Tribute to Its Rector for 21 Years Tomorrow Night.
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
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- George Gershwin (1898)
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
36,413 days ago
(99 years, 278 days)