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Saturday, December 25, 1926

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The Headlines

GOULD HEIRS AGREE; TRUSTEES TO REPAY ESTATE $20,000,000; Ten Years of Litigation Over Claims for $50,000,000 End in Compromise. FAMILY DESIRES HARMONY Children of G.J. Gould by His Second Marriage Included -- Special Funds for Them. COURTS' APPROVAL AWAITED Extra Payments of $2,750,000 Each to Trust Funds of Frank Gould and Duchesse de Talleyrand. GOULD ESTATE TO GET $20,000,000 REPAID

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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

36,322 days ago

(99 years, 187 days)