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Sunday, November 4, 1928
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The Headlines
YOUTH CONFESSES HE STRANGLED GIRL; Vincent Rice, 17, Tells of Killing Alice Joost as She Tried to Kiss Him. SLEW IN RAGE, HE ASSERTS Angered by Remark After They Patched Up Quarrel Over Rival in Her Home. Says His Mind Was Blank. YOUTH CONFESSES HE STRANGLED GIRL
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
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Guido Reni (1575)
- Art Carney (1918)
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
35,643 days ago
(97 years, 238 days)