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Wednesday, December 26, 1928

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The Headlines

COOLIDGE HEARTENS EUROPE BY AIDING REPARATIONS MOVE; Any Two From Among Dawes, Young, Morrow, Hughes Would Be Welcomed as Experts. NEED OF ONE TO LEAD SEEN Impartial Chairman Held Vital in Delicate Task of Fixing What Germans Must Pay. BERLIN HOPES FOR RELIEF But Paris Is Said to Want Payments Kept at About Same Levelas Under Dawes Plan. German and French Hopes. Viewpoint Finds Little Support.

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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

35,591 days ago

(97 years, 186 days)