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Thursday, May 24, 1928
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The Headlines
5 MARSHALS OUSTED AS UNFIT BY MAYOR; Removed on Recommendation of Kerrigan After Hearings on Abuses of Power. FOUR OTHERS EXONERATED Three Dismissed in Manhattan, Two in Bronx--Higgins Inquiry Is Still On.
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
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
35,806 days ago
(98 years, 36 days)