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Saturday, January 14, 1928
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The Headlines
SMITH CAUSE AIDED BY JACKSON DINNER, LEADERS HERE SAY; Democrats Also Are Pleased at the Choice of Houston as Convention City. GOVERNOR'S LETTER LAUDED Col. Lehman Says It Made a Profound Impression--E. S. Harris Skeptical. A RUNNING MATE IS SOUGHT Some of the Governor's Friends at Capital Meeting Favor Bulow or Moody.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Yukio Mishima (1925)
- Giulio Andreotti (1919)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
35,937 days ago
(98 years, 167 days)