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Sunday, October 31, 1926
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The Headlines
MRS. HALL INVOKES AID OF PORTRAITURE; Poses for 22 Studies to Show the Public She Is Not the "Ugly, Scheming" Type. SIMPSON AND AIDES CONFER Autopsy on the Rector's Body Discloses No New Clue -- State to Call 126 Witnesses. MRS HALL INVOKES AID OF PORTRAITURE
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
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Norodom Sihanouk (1922)
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
36,377 days ago
(99 years, 242 days)