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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.

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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

35,708 days ago

(97 years, 303 days)