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Friday, June 15, 1928

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The Headlines

QUICK VICTORY FOR HOOVER; His Nomination Follows a Night of Long and Fervid Oratory. LOWDEN WITHDRAWS NAME Acts at Last Minute as Protest Over Farm Declaration He Regards as Inadequate. BUT HE LEADS THE RIVALS Coolidge Gets 17 Votes, Hughes 1, Dawes 4, Watson 45 and Norris 24.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1928

  • I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

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

35,785 days ago

(98 years, 15 days)