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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.
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
- Charles de Gaulle (1890)
- André Gide (1869)
- George Eliot (1819)
- Abigail Adams (1744)
- Louis Néel (1904)
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
35,624 days ago
(97 years, 219 days)