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Saturday, October 9, 1926
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The Headlines
SMITH PLEDGES HARD FIGHT; Cheered Here as He Cites Wide State Reforms in Acceptance Speech. HITS MILLS'S FISCAL IDEAS Takes the Offensive by an Attack on Economy Issue -Defends His Appointments. WAGNER ISSUES CHALLENGE Calls on Senator to Tell Voters Plainly How to Cast Ballots in Wet Referendum. Full Text of Governor Smith's Speech of Acceptance
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
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
- Charles X of France (1757)
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
36,399 days ago
(99 years, 264 days)