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Monday, November 5, 1928
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The Headlines
HERRIOT SAVES POINCARE CABINET; He Sways Radical Congress After It Demands Four Party Members Quit Ministry. EXTREMISTS BACK DOWN They Had Assailed Premier Viciously on Church Issue, Finance, Army and Navy. HERRIOT SAVES POINCARE CABINET Herriot Routs His Opponents.
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
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921)
- John Berger (1926)
- Roy Rogers (1911)
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
35,642 days ago
(97 years, 237 days)