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Tuesday, May 7, 1929
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The Headlines
RASKOB WILL HELP WORKERS TO INVEST; Plans Large Company to Hold Stocks and Let Small Buyers Share Profits. ON THE INSTALMENT BASIS Sound Common Issues Will Be Purchased and Kept--Denies Coolidge Will Join Project. To Seek Small Investors. Has Consulted Bankers. RASKOB WILL HELP WORKERS TO INVEST Coolidge Silent on Project.
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
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
35,458 days ago
(97 years, 53 days)