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Friday, November 5, 1926
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The Headlines
OTTINGER REELECTED OVER STOLZ BY 8,797; Republican Attorney General Gained Heavily Up-State in Rural Districts. SMITH PLURALITY 249,611 Thirty-six Scattered Districts to Be Heard From -- Wet Vote Rises to 1,685,489. OTTINGER REELECTED OVER STOLZ BY 8,797
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
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921)
- John Berger (1926)
- Roy Rogers (1911)
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
36,373 days ago
(99 years, 238 days)