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Thursday, October 28, 1926
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The Headlines
MONTREAL HONORS QUEEN OF RUMANIA; NICHOLAS A TRUANT; Prince Deserts Official Luncheon to Inspect Railway Shops and Eat at Club. HAS MAJOR BOND AS CHUM Dignified and Dutiful at City Hall Function, Then a Dash Down Side Street to Freedom. WELCOME TO MARIE HEARTY Queen Dazzles Her Hosts With a Costume Not Worn Before -- Visits a Little Rumanian Church. MONTREAL HONORS QUEEN OF RUMANIA
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
36,380 days ago
(99 years, 245 days)