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Monday, August 13, 1928

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The Headlines

PARIS TALE OF PLOT TO KIDNAP BLACKMER; Latest Episode Offered by La Presse in "Movie" Thriller Concerns Yacht Party. FALSE FRIED GIVES TEA But "Oil King's" Detective Saves Him Just as Vessel Puts Out, Story Goes. Two Detectives on Guard. Yacht Equipped by Enemies.

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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

35,726 days ago

(97 years, 321 days)