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Sunday, April 15, 1928

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The Headlines

SMITH AND OLVANY CONFER IN THE SOUTH; BOOM THERE GROWS; Tiger Cheif Is Said to Have Got Advice on Meeting Here Today. NEW SMITH CLUB STARTED Community Near Governor's Vacation Retreat Organizes on Short Notice. INVITATION FROM CHARLOTTE New Yorker's Supporters Urge Him To Stop There on His Way Back Home. Resolution Wording Unsettled. SMITH AND OLVANY CONFER IN SOUTH Flood of Mail for Governor. Ashville Paper's Comment. Forty Leaders Questioned. Now Turn to the Governor. Smith Visits Fire Stations. THE RECEPTION AT ASHEVILLE TO NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR.

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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

35,846 days ago

(98 years, 76 days)