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Wednesday, May 22, 1929

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The Headlines

$30,000 IN CASH TO WARDER INDICATED BY A NOTATION WHICH DISAPPEARED LATER; HINT IN BOOK IN CITY TRUST Aide Discovered Record of Delivery to 'Redraw, 425 Riverside Drive.' LAST SEEN WITH WARDER No Evidence That He Actually Received Money Is Brought Out at Moreland Inquiry. MANCUSO GOT NO BANKS PAY Testimony Reveals Lapses in the State's Check-Up of Bank --Smith's Nephew on Stand.

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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

35,443 days ago

(97 years, 38 days)