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Monday, January 16, 1928

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The Headlines

COOLIDGE IS WARMLY WELCOMED TO CUBA; GOES TO PALACE AMID SHOWER OF ROSES; TALKS TO PAN-AMERICAN MEETING TODAY; MULTITUDE ACCLAIMS HIM Tens of Thousands Line Shores and Mass in the Streets of Havana. PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED Standing on Balcony With Machado, He Waves One of the Welcoming Blooms. STATE DINNER TO BE GIVEN This Will End Full Day That Begins With Opening of Parley of Twenty-one Nations.

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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

35,936 days ago

(98 years, 166 days)