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Friday, November 16, 1928
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The Headlines
STOKER LAYS WRECK TO OPEN COAL DOOR; Port Left Ajar Let Seas Pour Into Boiler Room and Could Not Be Closed, He Asserts. WATER KNOCKED MEN DOWN Crippled One Boiler--Buckets Were Used, 'but It Was Like Trying to Bail the Atlantic.' Tried Vainly to Close Door. STOKER LAYS WRECK TO OPEN COAL DOOR Like Bailing the Atlantic.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,630 days ago
(97 years, 225 days)