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Monday, December 20, 1926
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The Headlines
MRS. R.H. INGERSOLL SHOOTS HER ADMIRER AND ENDS OWN LIFE; Wife of Watch Manufacturer Wounds W.M. Probasco in Quarrel, Turns Gun on Self. TRAGEDY IN PARK AV. HOME Shooting Laid to Her Anger at Break Because He Had Become Reconciled With Wife. FAMILIES LONG DIVIDED Mrs. Ingersoll Had Been Married 22 Years, Wounded Man 14 -- He Is In Bellevue Seriously Hurt. MRS. R.H. INGERSOLL SHOOTS HER ADMIRER
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
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
- John III of Sweden (1537)
- Ferdinand Buisson (1841)
- Irene Dunne (1898)
- David Bohm (1917)
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
36,327 days ago
(99 years, 192 days)