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Tuesday, October 2, 1928

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The Headlines

COPELAND FOR THE SENATE; Full Ticket Agreed Upon by Leaders at Late Night Conference. LEHMAN RECEIVES A PLACE He Is Chosen for Lieutenant Governorship and Conway for Attorney General. PLATFORM IS ADOPTED Attacks Republicans on Water Power--Osborn Calls for Aid to Farmers. Unanimous Demand for Roosevelt. Roosevelt Reported Willing. Lehman Beats Out Morgenthau. DEMOCRATS DRAFT F.D. ROOSEVELT Tentative Slate Disapproved. Governor and Leaders Confer. Osborn Urges Aid for Farmer. Convention Opens Late. Points in Platform Cheered. Platform Praises Smith. Message From F.D. Roosevelt. Smith Inclined to Scudder. Confers With Mrs. Roosevelt. Call Made to Warm Springs.

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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

35,676 days ago

(97 years, 271 days)