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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.
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
- Edward Heath (1916)
- Hassan II of Morocco (1929)
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Ben Roy Mottelson (1926)
- Franz Boas (1858)
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
35,396 days ago
(96 years, 356 days)