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Tuesday, September 28, 1926
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The Headlines
8 DEAD, 38 HURT IN CRASH OF TRAINS OR CROSSOVER AT BETHLEHEM STATION; EXPRESS HIT BROADSIDE Engine of Jersey Central Flyer Plows into the Lehigh Limited. DEAD ALL IN ONE COACH Steel Car Topples in Impact as Smash Comes With Shrieking Whistles. ENGINEER BLAMES SIGNALS But Lehigh Official Says Pilot of Central Passed Set Block, Running Ahead of Time. TRAIN WRECK IN STATION AT BETHLEHEM, PA. 8 DEAD, 38 HURT IN CROSSING WRECK
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
36,410 days ago
(99 years, 275 days)