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Monday, February 11, 1929
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The Headlines
COACHES ARE DYNAMITED; Executive is Calm as He Alights-Wife and Baby Uninjured. MANY HELD AS SUSPECTS Rounded Up by Troops, Who Set Out in Pursuit With Orders to Shoot Perpetrators. PRESIDENT CONTINUES TRIP Attempt on Life Made Soon After Toral Death--Coolidge Congratulates Portes Gil.
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
35,543 days ago
(97 years, 138 days)