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Wednesday, July 11, 1928

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The Headlines

ROBINSON WARNS OF FIGHT IN SOUTH; Battle on Ticket Organized, He Declares, Asking That Steps Be Taken to Offset It. URGES A BIG EFFORT THERE Will Submit Views to National Committee Today--Ready for Hard Campaigning. The Senator's Statement. Organized Fight in South. ROBINSON WARNS OF FIGHT IN SOUTH Sympathetic Farm Views.

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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

35,758 days ago

(97 years, 353 days)