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Monday, September 3, 1928
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The Headlines
D'OLIER, SEWER MAN, FOUND DEAD OF SHOT; Body of Sanitation Engineer, Inquiry Witness, Discovered at Lonely Spot in Queens. PISTOL, FIRED ONCE, IN HAND But Police Are Not Satisfied of Suicide--Buckner Regarded His Story as Important. Body Found Near Cemetery. D'OLIER, SEWER MAN, FOUND DEAD OF SHOT Wife and Brother Questioned. Autopsy Is Planned. Brother Doubtful of Suicide.
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
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
- Macfarlane Burnet (1899)
- Fritz Pregl (1869)
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
35,704 days ago
(97 years, 299 days)