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Sunday, April 7, 1929
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The Headlines
ASKS FUND TO SAVE HAMILTON GRANGE; Society Would Open Historic Convent Avenue Mansion as a Museum. $125,000 IS SOUGHT Former Home of Statesman Is Now Threatened With "Ruin and Decay," Appeal Declares.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
- Billie Holiday (1915)
- Francis Xavier (1506)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
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
35,488 days ago
(97 years, 83 days)