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Monday, May 28, 1928
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The Headlines
MRS. KNAPP BREAKS UNDER TRIAL STRAIN; NOW IN COLLAPSE; Ex-Secretary Sobs All Night After Conviction for Census Larceny at Albany. SERVING OF TERM DOUBTED When Able to Leave Hotel She May Go to a Sanitarium Till Call for Sentence Sept. 4. NO FURTHER PROSECUTION Indictments Will Stay on Record, but Action Against Others in the Case Is Held Unlikely.
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
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Bülent Ecevit (1925)
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
35,803 days ago
(98 years, 33 days)