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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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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

35,406 days ago

(97 years, 1 days)