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Thursday, November 8, 1928

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The Headlines

14,800,000 SMITH VOTES; Total Popular Figure for Hoover Will Reach the 21,000,000 Mark. SMITH CARRIES BAY STATE Also Rhode Island, but Loses Texas and North Carolina in Final Returns. REPUBLICAN CONGRESS SURE With Two Contests Undecided, Party Has a Wide Lead in Senate and House.

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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

35,639 days ago

(97 years, 234 days)