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Saturday, April 27, 1929

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The Headlines

TORNADO DEATH TOLL REACHES 87 IN SOUTH; 500 KNOWN INJURED; Storm Descends at Night on Statesboro, Ga., Killing 34 There and Hurting 70. MANY HOUSES DEMOLISHED Red Cross and National Guard Troops Hurried to Give Aid in Wide Area. TOWNS ARE STILL ISOLATED Property Loss in Georgia and South Carolina Is Estimated at Over $1,250,000. No Warning Clouds Seen. TORNADO DEATH TOLL REACHES 87 IN SOUTH Emergency Hospitals at Cochran. Mightiest Wind He Ever Saw. Few Were Awake in Statesboro.

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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

35,468 days ago

(97 years, 63 days)