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Thursday, December 23, 1926
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The Headlines
CLEARS MRS. CAGNINO OF MURDER CHARGE; Jury Finds That She Was Insane When She Killed Slayer of Her Son. SHE THANKS GOD AT VERDICT Leaves Building With Husband, From Whom She Had Been Estranged. CLEARS MRS. CAGNINO OF MURDER CHARGE
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
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
- Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804)
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
36,324 days ago
(99 years, 189 days)