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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.

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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

35,737 days ago

(97 years, 332 days)