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Wednesday, July 25, 1928
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The Headlines
SANDINO HAS FLED, PRESIDENT LEARNS; Rebel Chief Believed to Have Gone From Nicaragua, Vir- tually Ending Fight. SUCCESS OF POLICY SEEN Report by Wilbur to President Indicates Marines Have Assured Peace for Elections. Marines Had Much Trouble. SANDINO HAS FLED, PRESIDENT LEARNS
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
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
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
35,744 days ago
(97 years, 339 days)