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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.

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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

Catchphrases of 1929

  • Wall Street Lays an Egg

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)