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Saturday, February 9, 1929

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The Headlines

ITALY AND POPE PUT TREATY OFF A DAY; VILLA CEDED TO PIUS; Signature Deferred, Because of Pope's Anniversary Service --Further Delay Hinted. ITALIAN OFFICIALS COOLER Reported Annoyed at Gasparri's Haste in Revealing Accord-- Pope Gets Summer Home. DOMAIN IS 'CITY OF VATICAN' First Effect of Concordat Is That Catholics May Swear Fealty to Italy Without Qualms. Signing Postponed One Day. ITALY AND POPE PUT TREATY OFF A DAY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Singin' in the Rain

Nacio Herb Brown

The must-have

Duncan Yo-Yo

On This Day

  • Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.

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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

35,546 days ago

(97 years, 141 days)