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Monday, January 9, 1928

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The Headlines

LINDBERGH AMUSED BY BULLFIGHTING, COSTA RICAN STYLE; Reluctant to Leave Affair in Which Blunt-Horned Animal Chases Unarmed Men. GUEST AT MANY FUNCTIONS Is Honored by Americans, Labor, Rotarians and at a Presidential Dinner. OFF FOR PANAMA TODAY Countrymen Tell Him of Pride Taken in His Flight by Those Abroad. Bull Tosses "Toreador." Draw Laughs From Lindbergh. Watches Game of Soccer. LINDBERGH AMUSED BY BULLFIGHTING Luncheon With Rotarians. Attends Dance and State Dinner. SIRENDS TO HERALD LINDBERGH Army and Navy Planes Will Escort Him to Panama.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1928

  • I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Tech Check

Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.

Cost of Living (1920)

Loaf of Bread

$0.11

Gallon of Gas

$0.30

Average Home

$6,296

New Car

$575

Time Elapsed

35,942 days ago

(98 years, 172 days)