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Sunday, October 24, 1926
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The Headlines
NEW RECORD LIKELY IN SCHNEIDER RACE; Navy Has Improved Planes That Won Cup Last Year for Clash With Italy. RACE TO BE ARMISTICE DAY Cup Given in 1920 Will Become Permanent Possession of Victor Over Chesapeake Course.
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
36,384 days ago
(99 years, 249 days)