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Thursday, July 25, 1929

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The Headlines

250,000 WILL GREET POPE ON EXIT TODAY; Rome Crowded With Clergy and Visitors as Pius Prepares to Celebrate New Freedom. SEMINARIANS ARE RECEIVED Pontiff Urges Young Clerics to Study All Realms of Thought as Aid to Their Ministry. Clerics Cheer Pontiff. Soldiers to Guard Square. 250,000 WILL GREET POPE ON EXIT TODAY

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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

35,379 days ago

(96 years, 339 days)