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Tuesday, November 29, 1927
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The Headlines
WETS LAUNCH DRIVE FOR A REFERENDUM ON DRY LAWS IN 1928; Captain Stayton Hopes to Raise $3,000,000 Fund to Finance the Campaign. WILL SEEK PARTY PLEDGES Republican Wets Are Informed at Dinner Here of Plans for Coming Elections. LIBERAL SWING REPORTED Referendum Is Urged to Afford an Avenue to Allow This to Make Itself Felt. WETS LAUNCH DRIVE FOR A REFERENDUM
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
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
Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,983 days ago
(98 years, 213 days)