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Tuesday, July 9, 1929

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The Headlines

MEDICAL HEAD CALLS DRY LAW 'TYRANNY'; President Thayer in Talk, to Association Assails Legal. Regulation of Human Life. DOCTORS APPLAUD ATTACK Movement Begins in Association to Organize Medical Centres and Reduce Patients' Costs. Pleads for "Tolerant Government." MEDICAL HEAD CALLS DRY LAW 'TYRANNY' Says People Will Fight Tyranny. Urges Reduction of Medical Costs. Condemn Corporation Practice.

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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

35,396 days ago

(96 years, 356 days)