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Wednesday, March 21, 1928

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The Headlines

$100,000,000 GAIN IN INCOME TAX SEEN; Total Receipts Reported to Washington Are Already $17,000,000 Above 1927. OFFICIALS LOTH TO PREDICT Returns for Two New York City Districts Show Slight Increase Over Last Year.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

On This Day

  • Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

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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

35,870 days ago

(98 years, 100 days)