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Thursday, December 16, 1926
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The Headlines
OIL TRIAL JURY IS LOCKED UP FOR NIGHT, FAILING TO AGREE AFTER 7 HOURS' DISCUSSION; THRILLS IN FINAL PLEAS A Packed Court Room Is Stirred by Eloquence of Rival Counsel. FALL'S WIFE IS IN TEARS Thompson Says New Mexico Is Proud of the Ex-Secretary for Lie About Loan. WAR PERIL' STORY SCORED Pomerene Assails Robison and Asserts the Defense Desecrates Harding's Memory. Pomerene Denounces Fall and Doheny in Final Plea to Jury
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
36,331 days ago
(99 years, 196 days)