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Thursday, October 25, 1928
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The Headlines
HUGHES CONDEMNS SMITH'S CRITICISMS OF ECONOMY RECORD; Attacks Governor's Utterances on Budget Director as 'Cheap Performance.' RETORTS WITH FIGURES Reduction in Income Taxes and the Public Debt Under the Republican Rule Is Extolled. LINKS HOOVER TO PROGRESS Ex-Secretary Praises Nominee Before Biggest Republican Rallyin Chicago.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
35,652 days ago
(97 years, 247 days)