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Tuesday, October 19, 1926
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The Headlines
1,024 MORE POLICE, 75 MILK INSPECTORS ARE ADDED IN BUDGET; McLaughlin Gets $43,711,111 for His Department, Increase of $4,401,934 Over 1926. APPEARS BEFORE BOARD Will Add 1,000 Patrolmen, 20 New Lieutenants, Four New Inspectors. HARRIS'S INCREASE $327,500 Estimate Board Will Finish Additions to the Tentative Schedule Tomorrow. 1,204 MORE POLICE ARE ADDED IN BUDGET
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
- Thomas Browne (1605)
- Jean Dausset (1916)
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
36,389 days ago
(99 years, 254 days)