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Monday, March 11, 1929

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The Headlines

4,000 FASCISTI CHEER MUSSOLINI'S PRAISE OF VATICAN ACCORD; Premier Tells Party Chiefs Settlement Will Make Regime Live in History. REVIEWS SIX-YEAR RECORD Calls Social Legislation Finest in World, Lauds Army and Says Italy Seeks Peace. DAY OF THANKSGIVING HERE All Catholic Churches Celebrate Peace--Pope Is Urged for Role of World Arbiter. Audience a Young One. Speaks Only 35 Minutes. 4,000 CHEER PRAISE OF VATICAN ACCORD Reviews Achievements. Mussolini Stresses Conciliation. Says Neither Won or Lost.

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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

35,515 days ago

(97 years, 110 days)