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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
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
36,365 days ago
(99 years, 230 days)