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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.
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
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
35,876 days ago
(98 years, 106 days)