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Saturday, May 5, 1928
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The Headlines
KNAPP CENSUS CASH TRACED BY DEPUTY; Stern Says Secretary Bade Him Put Her Relatives on Roll and Deliver Their Pay to Her. FATE OF RECORDS RECITED Moses and Others Tell of Their Destruction--Store and Bank Dealings Brought Out.
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
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
35,825 days ago
(98 years, 55 days)