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Friday, June 28, 1929
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The Headlines
HYLAN IS NOMINATED; CALLS FOR CLEAN-UP; Charles Town Is Wide Open and Lays Conditions to Moral Let-Down at City Hall. GRAFT UNBRIDLED, HE SAYS Attacks Walker's 'Paper' Plans for Betterments After 'Three Years of Neglect of Duties.' Hylan Assails City Regime. HYLAN IS NOMINATED; CALLS FOR CLEAN-UP 1,500 at the Convention. Committee to Draft Platform.
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Singin' in the Rain
Nacio Herb Brown
The must-have
Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Henry VIII (1491)
- Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906)
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
35,406 days ago
(97 years, 1 days)