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Friday, July 19, 1929

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The Headlines

WALKER WILL RUN AGAIN; 'WHO CAN SAY NO?' HIS REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE OF 682; GETS OVATION AT CITY HALL Reviews Four Years' Work and Calls It Great Adventure. DEFENDS RISE IN OUTLAYS Measures Budget by What It Gives the People, Not in Dollars and Cents. HECKSCHER LAUDS HIM Says It Would Be a Calamity if He Did Not Stay to Finish Improvement Program. Cheers Greet Declaration. Smith Not at Meeting. Mayor 20 Minutes Late. WALKER TO RUN, ASKS 'WHO CAN SAY NO?' Cites Forty Projects. Major Reviews Work. LISTS WALKER'S FEATS. Heckscher Credits Forty Achievements to His Administration.

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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

35,385 days ago

(96 years, 345 days)