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Saturday, May 25, 1929
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The Headlines
HOWARD WOULD END EMBASSY LIQUOR; British Envoy Tells Lynchburg Man He Would Gladly Drop Diplomatic Privilege. PREPARED TO COOPERATE Virginian Promptly Appeals to Hoover to See That Steps Are Taken on That Line. Hoover Asked to Take Steps. HOWARD WOULD END EMBASSY LIQUOR Carter Won't Give Out Letters. Sir Esme Willing to Lend Aid.
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
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jack Steinberger (1921)
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
35,441 days ago
(97 years, 36 days)