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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)