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Thursday, December 13, 1928

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The Headlines

KING DOING WELL AFTER OPERATIONS; FLUID TWICE DRAINED FROM CHEST; DOCTORS HOPEFUL, PUBLIC LESS ANXIOUS; TWO NEW DOCTORS ON CASE Patient Under Anesthetic as Tube Is Placed to Drain Lung. PART OF RIB REPORTED OUT 'Almost Miraculous' Improvement as Prince Returned Allowed Use of Surgery.INFECTION AGAIN LOCALIZEDQueen Unveils War Memorial--Prince George Starts HomeFrom Bermuda. Pleural Fluid Caused Operation. Text of Three Bulletins. 4Cheers Greet the Heir. Prince Thanks Railway Men. Knife Used in Operation. Public Is Less Anxious. Subdued Optimism at Palace.

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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

35,603 days ago

(97 years, 198 days)