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Monday, October 15, 1928

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The Headlines

GERMANS DEJECTED BY SHIP'S SLOW-UP; Day-Long Listening for Radio Reports of Zeppelin Ends in General Disappointment. SALE OF DIRIGIBLE DENIED Head of Company Disavows Deal With Spain, but Madrid Reports Rental With Option to Buy

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Makin' Whoopee

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Mickey Mouse Doll

On This Day

  • The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.

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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

35,663 days ago

(97 years, 258 days)