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Wednesday, September 4, 1929
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The Headlines
ZEPPELIN REACHES HOME PORT AT DAWN, ENDING WORLD TOUR; Airship at Friedrichshafen 67 Hours After Leaving Lakehurst Sunday. VAST CROWD GREETS CREW Police Have Difficulty With 60,000 Visitors--Only 200 on Airfield. LIGHTNING SILENCES RADIO Dirigible Loses Time Skirting Storms Over Spain and Near the Azores. ZEPPELIN REACHES HOME PORT AT DAWN The Flight Over Europe. Only 400 Miles to Go. Cabins Lighted Over Bordeaux. Zeppelin Salutes Alfonso. Biscay Storm Avoided. Spanish Flag Unfuried. Zeppelin Made Siberian Discovery Zeppelin Looked for Swiss Fliers.
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
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
35,338 days ago
(96 years, 298 days)