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Monday, February 18, 1929
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The Headlines
RUSSIANS ABSORBED BY DARK 'MYSTERIES'; Immuration Tales and "Secret" of Trotsky's Whereabouts Keep Minds Off Breadlines. PRESS IS SILENT ON BOTH Muscovite With Bright Idea for a World Guessing Contest Is Disillusioned by American. RUSSIANS ABSORBED BY DARK 'MYSTERIES'
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Alessandro Volta (1745)
- Ramakrishna (1836)
- Mary I of England (1516)
- Ernst Mach (1838)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883)
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
35,536 days ago
(97 years, 131 days)