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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

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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

36,327 days ago

(99 years, 192 days)