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Wednesday, August 1, 1928
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The Headlines
FOUR DRY MEN SPENT $60,000 TO UNCOVER NIGHT CLUB EVIDENCE; 'Champagne' Cost $42 a Bottle to Mrs. Willebrandt's Agents, Ginger Ale $1.75. 31 MORE ARE INDICTED Eight Additional Resorts Named, Including Tommy Guinan's, in Second Blow of Drive. FIVE BARS ARE PADLOCKED. Dr. Doran Says in Washington That Efforts Will Be Pressed to Dry Up New York Area.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,737 days ago
(97 years, 332 days)