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Saturday, October 23, 1926

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The Headlines

WATSON DENIES DEAL WITH INDIANA KLAN; IS HEARD IN HOSPITAL; Senator Insists to Reed He Made No Agreements for Order's Aid at Polls DID NOT "GET TO" MOSES He Denounces Charge of Seeking Aid for Mayfield as False and Malicious. PRESENT DRAGON BACKS HIM Smith, Grilled by Reed, Admits That Watson Was Listed Among the Klansmen as "Favorable." WATSON D ENIES DEAL WITH INDIANA KLAN

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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

36,385 days ago

(99 years, 250 days)