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Sunday, August 5, 1928
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The Headlines
REPORT VARE DYING IN SUDDEN RELAPSE; Senator-Elect Sinks Into Coma, Apparently From a New Hemorrhage of Brain. DOCTORS ABANDON HOPE Turn for Worse Comes After He Appeared Much Improved --Wife Collapses. Not Expected to Rally. REPORT VARE DYING IN SUDDEN RELAPSE Takes Turn for Worse. Mrs. Vare Collapses.
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
35,733 days ago
(97 years, 328 days)