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Tuesday, November 12, 1929

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The Headlines

STOCKS BREAK AGAIN IN NEW RUSH TO SELL; STEEL AT YEAR'S LOW; 11 -Point Drop Puts Market Leader at 159 --Losses One to 25 in Other Active Issues. PRESSURE HEAVY AT CLOSE 1,767,150 Shares Are Sold in Final Hour, as Against 1,600,000 in Rest of Day. SLUMP MYSTIFIES BROKERS They See No Factors to Justify It and Say Big Concentrated Liquidation Is Out of Way. Buying Power Is Lacking. Many Traders on Sidelines. STOCKS BREAK AGAIN IN NEW RUSH TO SELL Table Shows Exchange Losses. Markets Halt for Armistice. Average Decline 11.85. STOCKS DECLINE ON CURB. Trading Is Orderly, but Many Issues Close at Day's Lows. PHILADELPHIA SUSPENDS. Exchanges Also Closed in Chicago for Armistice Day--Open Today. SEE WEAK SPOTS REMOVED. Bankers, However, Admit Buying Power Manifest Is Disappointing. RUMOR MONGERING BANNED. Exchange and Curb Firms Warn Employes Against Wild Stories.

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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

Meanwhile

  • The Great DepressionGDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).

Time Elapsed

35,269 days ago

(96 years, 229 days)