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Friday, April 27, 1928

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The Headlines

TROOPS ESCORT BENNETT; Canada Pays Him State Honors as Body Leaves Quebec for Arlington. SALVOS FIRED AT THE TRAIN Dominion's Most Noted Chaplain Reads Service--Army Officers Are Pallbearers. BYRD WALKS BESIDE COFFIN Body Is Due Here at 7:30 and Will Lie in State at 71st Armory for Short Time.

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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

35,834 days ago

(98 years, 64 days)