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Saturday, April 21, 1928
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The Headlines
IOWA AND ILLINOIS GIVE 84 TO SMITH; Des Moines Convention Votes Unit Delegation--Meredith Opposition Collapses. HARMONY AT SPRINGFIELD Both Wets and Drys Demand Return to "Common Honesty and Common Sense."
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
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
35,840 days ago
(98 years, 70 days)