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Wednesday, February 27, 1929

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The Headlines

WAR LORDS MENACE CHINA'S GOVERNMENT; Dissension Threatens Either to Limit Nanking's Power or Oust Cabinet Altogether. SHANTUNG RISING UNCURBED Nationalist Aid to Loyalist Will Serve to Prevent Feng From Seizing Province. Dissatisfaction Is Rife. Red Revolt in Honan. WAR LORDS MENACE CHINA GOVERNMENT Canton Prepares for Fight. NANKING ACTS TO BLOCK FENG. Sends Gunboat With Money and Ammunition to Liu in Shantung.

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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

35,527 days ago

(97 years, 122 days)