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Wednesday, September 19, 1928

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The Headlines

POWERFUL CHINESE PLOTTING TO UPSET NANKING IN OCTOBER; Disaffected Leaders Have Spent 30,000,000 Mexican Dollars and Enlisted 200,000 Men. NATIONALISTS JOIN THEM Plan to Abolish Rule by Committees and Follow AmericanGovernmental Scheme. Advance Officers in Disguise. CHINESE PLOTTING TO UPSET NANKING 600,000 Potential Troops. Yang Yu-ting Obdurate. May Force Chiang and Feng's Hands. Feng's Troops Well Trained. Public Bitter Against Nanking. Old Supporters Turning Away. Chihli Province Hardest Hit. Masses Face Suffering. Chinese Warn Foreign Friends.

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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

35,688 days ago

(97 years, 283 days)