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Thursday, November 4, 1926

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The Headlines

SURPRISE OPENS HALL TRIAL; TWO SAW WILLIE STEVENS WANDERING ON CRIME NIGHT; HE SEEMED BEWILDERED Asked Way to a House Near Murder Scene, They Testify. STATE ATTACKS HIS ALIBI Charlotte Mills Sobs on Stand -- Prisoners Calm, Surrounded by Seven Attorneys. MRS. GIBSON COLLAPSES State's Chief Witness May Be Too, Ill to Testify Today -- Jury Chosen in 75 Minutes. Hall-Mills Trial Opens With Witnesses' Attack on Willie Stevens's Alibi Mrs. Gibson Among Witnesses Expected Today

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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

36,373 days ago

(99 years, 238 days)