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Wednesday, November 3, 1926
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The Headlines
REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL IN ALBANY; Lose Seven Seats in Assembly and Two in Senate, Both From New York City. GREENBERG BEATS NICOLL Democrats Make Clean Sweep in Queens -- Score Gains in Up-State Cities. REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL IN ALBANY
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
36,374 days ago
(99 years, 239 days)