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Thursday, April 4, 1929

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The Headlines

ASSERT GOV. LONG BOASTED OF BRIBING; Witnesses Say He Told of Buying Representative "LikeLoad of Potatoes."PUBLISHER TAKES STANDTestifies at Louisiana Impeachment Proceedings Executive Threatened Him. Has Brother in Insane Asylum. ASSERTS GOV. LONG BOASTED OF BRIBING Charged with Buying Representative.

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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

35,491 days ago

(97 years, 86 days)