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Sunday, April 1, 1928

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The Headlines

STOCK LEADERS DROP IN FLOOD OF SELLING; Profit-Taking Hits Market as Sale of 2,430,900 Shares Sets a Saturday Record. TICKER LAGS 58 MINUTES Confusion Prevails as Wild Rush to Sell Swamps Traders on Floor of the Exchange. Prices Up at Opening. The Theory of the Selling. STOCK LEADERS DROP IN FLOOD OF SELLING

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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

35,859 days ago

(98 years, 89 days)