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Monday, September 23, 1929
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The Headlines
HOOVER PROMISES TO MAKE CAPITAL MODEL DRY CITY; CHALLENGES HOWELL DATA; WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT Demands From Senator Facts to Back Charge City Is Wet. GLAD QUESTION IS RAISED But Considers the Unsupported Assertion Impugns the Good Faith of District Officials. NEBRASKAN IS INSISTENT Bootlegging Common Knowledge, He Asserts, but HasNo Evidence. Denies He Was Attacking President PRESIDENT TO MAKE CAPITAL A DRY CITY Said Carriers Were Accountable.
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
35,319 days ago
(96 years, 279 days)