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Thursday, May 17, 1928
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The Headlines
SUITOR KILLS DANCER AND SHOOTS HIMSELF; Argentine Student, Rejected in Plea to Elope, Fires on Woman in Studio. HE IS DYING IN HOSPITAL Maria Montero Had Appeared in Musical Plays and With Douglas Fairbanks.
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
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Odd Hassel (1897)
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
35,813 days ago
(98 years, 43 days)