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Thursday, November 18, 1926
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The Headlines
NURSES TO BE IN COURT; Simpson Threatens to Seize Chief Witness if Necessary. SHE DECLARES SHE IS READY Still Too Weak to Sit Up in Bed -- Will Be Carried to Stand on a Stretcher. DEFENSE TO ASSAIL STORY All Defendants to Testify -- 100 Subpoenaed -- Trial May Go On Two Weeks.
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
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Alan Shepard (1923)
- Pierre Bayle (1647)
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
36,360 days ago
(99 years, 225 days)