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Tuesday, November 23, 1926

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The Headlines

NEIGHBORS BACK HENRY STEVENS'S ALIBI; DOCTOR CALLS WILLIE "SORT OF GENIUS," PAVES WAY FOR HIM ON STAND TODAY; 21 TESTIFY IN HALL TRIAL Three Tell of Stevens's Visit to Them on Night of Crime. OTHERS WITH HIM ON BEACH Detective's Story on Gorsline 'Confession' Disputed by Church Organist. WILLIE STEVENS DEFENDED Fire Station His Club, One Says -- Not an Epileptic Like Napoleon, Another Testifies. Woman and Daughters Tell of Trip With Stevens on Morning After Crime Dickman's Story Attacked

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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

36,354 days ago

(99 years, 219 days)