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Wednesday, December 29, 1926
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The Headlines
ROOT CHIDES NATION AS LEAGUE DESERTER; GETS WILSON AWARD; America False to High Ideals by Being Content With Its Prosperity, He Says. WOULD JOIN TO KEEP PEACE Norman Davis Hails Him, at Wilson Anniversary Dinner, for Work on World Court. NATION OBSERVES THE DAY Morgenthau, White, Senator T.J. Walsh and Others Sound Wilson's Praises. ROOT CHIDES NATION AS LEAGUE DESERTER
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
36,318 days ago
(99 years, 183 days)