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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.
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
35,385 days ago
(96 years, 345 days)