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Thursday, April 26, 1928
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The Headlines
HOOVER'S TRIUMPH IN PRIMARIES GIVES HIM STRONG LEAD; Results at Polls in Ohio and Massachusetts Advance His Nomination. WOMEN'S VOTE PROMINENT Secretary's Success Over Willis Forces in Ohio Laid Largely to That Factor. SMITH SWEEP IS MARKED Washington Observers See Issue of Republican "House Cleaning" in Outcome of Balloting.
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
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- I. M. Pei (1917)
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
35,835 days ago
(98 years, 65 days)