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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.

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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

35,564 days ago

(97 years, 159 days)