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Monday, January 21, 1929
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The Headlines
MORROW PRESSED BY LEADERS TO HEAD HOOVER'S CABINET; Coolidge Said to Have Spoken a Word for Him as Choice for Secretary of State. HE PREFERS MEXICAN TASK Ambassador, Now in Bahamas, Is Expected to Visit Hoover Soon at Miami. CALIFORNIAN TO GET A POST President-Elect, Who Starts for Florida Today, Is Expected Also to Recognize South. Fletcher and Boyden Mentioned. MORROW PRESSED FOR HOOVER CABINET Borah and Kellogg for Him. A Californian to Be Chosen. Wadsworth Probably Out of It.
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
35,564 days ago
(97 years, 159 days)