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Saturday, March 3, 1928

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The Headlines

STEWART INDICTED FOR DEFYING SENATE IN THE OIL INQUIRY; Warrant for the Standard Chairman Will Be Served on Him in Chicago. EARLY TRIAL IS UNLIKELY If Convicted He Could Be Fined $1,000 and Sent to Jail for a Year. OLDFIELD ATTACKS HAYS Democratic Leader Demands That Coolidge Repudiate Campaign Funds From Sinclair.

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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

35,889 days ago

(98 years, 119 days)