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Thursday, December 2, 1926
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The Headlines
ONTARIO WETS WIN; UPSET PROHIBITION AFTER 10-YEAR FIGHT; Conservatives Win Sweeping Victory on Government Control of Liquor. PREMIER IS RE-ELECTED All of Toronto's 15 Seats Go Wet and the Drys Are Beaten All Along the Line. CAMPAIGN WAS BITTER Put Through as a War Measure, the Dry Law Had Won In Several Elections Since. ONTARIO WETS WIN; UPSET PROHIBITION
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Maria Callas (1923)
- Georges Seurat (1859)
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
- Otto Dix (1891)
- Ivan Bagramyan (1897)
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
36,345 days ago
(99 years, 210 days)