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Friday, January 18, 1929
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER SR. AIDS FIGHT ON STEWART, RESENTING 'AFFRONT'; Titular Head of Standard Oil Puts Full Weight of Power, Into the Indiana Battle. COLONEL HURRYING HERE But Denies Planning to Buy on Curb as S. H. B. Payne Comes Out in Support of Him. HIS FOES GET LARGE BLOCK Proxies for Over 12,000 Shares Turned Over by Alien Custodian --Stock Sags to 96 in Market. Stewart's Fight Harder. Rockfeller Aides Pleased. SON AIDED IN WAR BY ROCKEFELLER SR. Stewart Leaves Chicago. Silent on Sutherland Action. Sutherland Explains Position. Consulted No One on Course.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,567 days ago
(97 years, 162 days)