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Thursday, August 30, 1928
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The Headlines
HOOVER AIDES CUT COST OF CAMPAIGN; Committee, Ordered to Reduce Expenses, Strives to Keep Within $3,000,000 Limit. INCREASE IN FUND DENIED State Organizations Will Bear Brunt of Work--Nominee Confers on His Speaking Tour. Hoover Considers Speaking Tour. 150 Volunteer Speakers. HOOVER AIDES CUT COST OF CAMPAIGN Secretive About Horace H. Mann. Emphasizes Waterway Issue.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
- Edward Mills Purcell (1912)
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
35,708 days ago
(97 years, 303 days)