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Thursday, November 22, 1928

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The Headlines

HEAVY SELLING WAVE DRIVES STOCKS DOWN IN A '6,000,000' DAY; Reaction Near Close Affects Wide List, but Leaders Make Partial Recovery. SEAT SELLS FOR $525,000 Rise of $30,000 Recorded Over Night--Ticker to Omit "Lot" Figures From Today. CURB TRADING SETS RECORD Session Totals 2,214,600 Shares-- Speculators Restive Pending Brokers' Loan Report. Market Balanced Most of Day. HEAVY SELLING WAVE DRIVES STOCKS DOWN Too Much Buying Blamed. Ticker Is 66 Minutes Late. CURB TRADING SETS RECORD. 2,214,600 Shares Sold, With Prices Reacting After Early Advance.

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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

35,624 days ago

(97 years, 219 days)