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Wednesday, March 7, 1928

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The Headlines

UNION DEFERS STRIKE VOTE TILL SATURDAY, AS I.R.T. REFUSES TO ARBITRATE; WALKER'S WISH HEEDED Mahon in Putting Off Action Says He Won't Be Company's Tool. ASSERTS MAYOR HAS PLAN Quackenbush Calls Walkout Threat a Bluff--To Keep New Men Till Danger Is Over. RECRUITS PUT ON TRAINS Road Investigates Ousted Men and Upholds Charges--200 More Slated to Go.

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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

35,884 days ago

(98 years, 114 days)