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Friday, September 14, 1928
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The Headlines
GOEBEL FLIES TO THE COAST, STOPS ONCE, LOSES PRIZE; ALL OTHER RACERS DOWN; FIRST NON-STOP ENTRY TO REACH COAST. THAW AND MORRIS INJURED. Found Hours After Crash in Darkness on Indiana Farm.
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
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
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
35,693 days ago
(97 years, 288 days)