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Friday, November 12, 1926

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The Headlines

AGREEMENT TO END LONG CLOAK STRIKE SIGNED BY LEADERS; Terms Indicate a Defeat for Union in 19-Week Struggle Affecting 40,000 Workers. $30,000,000 IN WAGES LOST Employes Give Up 'Right to Job' Held Since 1910 and Their Demand for 36-Week Year. BREAK IN TEXTILE STRIKE The Passaic Worsted Spinning Company Reaches Agreement With Its Employes. AGREEMENT TO END LONG CLOAK STRIKE

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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

36,365 days ago

(99 years, 230 days)