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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.
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
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
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
35,834 days ago
(98 years, 64 days)