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Saturday, October 6, 1928

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The Headlines

HOOVER GOES SOUTH FOR TWO ADDRESSES TODAY IN TENNESSEE; He Will Speak at Elizabethton and at the Soldiers' Home in Johnson City. BACK AT CAPITAL TOMORROW He Tells Foreign Language Editors Campaign Is Without Race Distinction. CONFERS ON PENNSYLVANIA Nominee Hears His Majority There Will Be Overwhelming--Program for Trip to Boston. Calls Campaign All-American. HOOVER GOES SOUTH FOR TWO ADDRESSES Sees a Pennsylvania Leader. Says 'Hoover Shop' Suceeds. Program of Tennessee Trip. Details of Trip to Boston. Elizabethton in Readiness.

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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

35,671 days ago

(97 years, 266 days)