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Sunday, February 24, 1929

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The Headlines

CULKIN FIRM'S BOOKS SEIZED TO HUNT CLUE TO BIG LIQUOR DEALS; Tuttle Takes Over Monroe Lamp Records to Seek Light on the Activities of McCunn. SUSPECT RETURNS TODAY Grand Jury to Get List Taken in Raids of Park Avenue and Financial District Customers. SHERIFF NOT IMPLICATED Inquiry to Centre on How the Group Operated Without Detection Behind Bona-Fide Concerns. Powerful Ring Suspected. Method of Operating Sought. SEIZE CULKIN BOOKS TO HUNT RUM CLUE Raids Caused a Stir. Conspiracy Is Charged.

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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

35,531 days ago

(97 years, 126 days)