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Wednesday, January 25, 1928
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The Headlines
LEVIATHAN SKIPPER QUITS SEA FOR DESK; Commander Hartley Ends a Marine Career of 35 Years and Will Enter Business. HIS DECISION A SURPRISE Shipping Board Appoints Cunningham to Succeed Him-- How Hartley Got Leviathan.
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
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736)
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
35,926 days ago
(98 years, 156 days)