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Thursday, March 15, 1928

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The Headlines

TENANTS DEMAND RENT LAWS BE KEPT; LANDLORDS PROTEST; Apartment Dwellers Declare at Stormy Albany Hearing That Eviction Threatens 700,000. TALK REPRISALS AT POLLS Wittstein Counters for Owners With Appeal to Legislators Not to Play Politics. WOMAN DEFENDS TENANTS Emergency Worse Than in 1920, Miss Craig Asserts--Landlords Point to Vacant Flats.

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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

35,876 days ago

(98 years, 106 days)