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Thursday, October 18, 1928

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The Headlines

HOOVER CITIZENSHIP NEVER CHANGED, SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT; Official Denial Is Made of a Rumor That He Sought to Be British Subject. WORK CHARGES A PLOT Republican Chairman Says There Is Effort to Deceive the Country by Canard. INQUIRY IS MADE ABROAD Nothing Found to Indicate That Candidate Even Considered Changing Allegiance. Lays It to Taxes Paid in London. The State Department's Letter. HOOVER CITIZENSHIP NEVER WAS CHANGED Set Permanent Residence Here. Statement by Dr. Work. Hoover Greets Rockford Fliers. Urges Inforcement Without Gunmen. ROCKFORD-TO-GREENLAND FLIERS GREETED BY HOOVER.

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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

35,659 days ago

(97 years, 254 days)