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Monday, September 10, 1928

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The Headlines

20 FLIERS IN ARIZONA DASH TO GOAL TODAY FOR CLASS A PRIZE; Rankin Leads Nop Into Yuma From Tucson, Rowland a Few Seconds Behind. DUE IN LOS ANGELES 1 P.M. Classes B and C Craft Arrive at Oklahoma City--Canadians Hold Windsor-to-Coast Hop. PILOT KILLED AT AIR DERBY Alden Baker Crashes at Los Angeles --Hasselman Hurt in Another Accident. RANKIN LEADS AT YUMA. Lands at Arizona Port 10 Seconds Before Rowland--17 Follow. 20 FLIERS IN ARIZONA DASH TO GOAL TODAY FLIERS AT OKLAHOMA CITY. Ballough Leads Class B, Cantwell the Class C, From Wichita. Ballough Leads at Wichita. Jackson Forced Out of Race. CANADIANS RACE TO COAST. Two of Five Planes Reach Omaha on Windsor-Los Angeles Hop.

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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

35,698 days ago

(97 years, 293 days)