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Tuesday, July 31, 1928

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The Headlines

PITTMAN DECLARES DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LOW TARIFF POLICY; Senator Cites, in Answer to Smoot Attack, Party's History of Pledges Kept. HAILS THE HOUSTON PLANK He Points to Demand for Duty to Protect All Industry as Promise of Prosperity. WILSON RECORD RECALLED Reserve Bank and Farm Loan Acts Listed Among the Aids to Economic Stability. Points to the Present Plank. Says Business Has No Fear. SAYS DEMOCRATS OPPOSE LOW TARIFF Recalls Party's Recent Record.

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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

35,738 days ago

(97 years, 333 days)