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Saturday, March 16, 1929

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The Headlines

FLOODS IMPERIL 15,000 IN SOUTH; 900 SAVED AT ELBA; Half of Residents of Alabama Town Evacuated--Known Dead in State Nine. NEW AREA IS INUNDATED Fate of Geneva, Isolated With 3,500 Population, Is Now in Doubt. RELIEF PLANES DROP FOOD Appeal Is Made for Provisions and Blankets as the Numbers of Marooned Increase. Flood Situation in the South. All Remaining in Elba are Safe. Elba Viewed From Air. FLOODS IMPERIL 15,000 IN SOUTH NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NEAR ELBA. 500 Rescued at Elba. Seaplanes Drop Food. Floods Spread to Three States. Florida Town in Danger. Appeal Made for Food. Cling to Roofs and Trees. Planes Carry Provisions. GEORGIA TOWNS INUNDATED. Half of West Point Under Water-- Train Is Wrecked. WESTERN RIVERS ON RAMPAGE Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois Streams Continue to Rise. NEW YORK RIVERS RISING. High Water Threatens Damage in Many Parts of State.

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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

35,510 days ago

(97 years, 105 days)