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Wednesday, July 3, 1929
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The Headlines
$100,000 YEAR JOB GIVEN UP BY LEGGE TO HEAD FARM BOARD; Chicagoan Joins the President's Group of 'New Patriots' at $12,000 Annual Salary. MAY BE OPPOSED BY BLOC Senate Group Is Said to Disapprove Appointment of International Harvester, Head. TEAGUE ALSO WILL SERVECalifornian Among Business MenRelinquishing Big Salaries--Three More to Be Named. Farm Bloc May Oppose Legge. Teague Born in Maine. LEGGE ACCEPTS FARM BOARD POST
Read in The New York Times →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
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
35,401 days ago
(96 years, 361 days)