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Monday, February 27, 1928

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The Headlines

SEIZE 25 IN CHICAGO FOR TRAIN ROBBERY; FIND $17,000 LOOT; Police Hold Five of Those Taken on Clue of "Lame Bandit" and Seek Three More. WOMAN TELLS ON HUSBAND He Then Confesses and Names Others, Including Railroad Men, in $133,000 Hold-Up. 'SOUP' HIDDEN WITH CASH Loot Is Pulled Out of Flour Barrel, Sugar Jar and Linings of Clothes in "Limpy" Cleaver's Home.

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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

35,894 days ago

(98 years, 124 days)