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Friday, June 8, 1934
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The Headlines
$75,000 RACE PRIZE MIRAGE TO JANITOR; Goes Sadly Back to His Broom When He Finds Nephew Owns Winning Ticket. SIXTH STREET IN TURMOIL Neighbors Split Into Warring Camps as Gloom Supplants Dream of $200 Party. $75,000 DERBY PRIZE PROVES A MIRAGE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blue Moon
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
The must-have
Sorry! (Board Game)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Cat's Eye Road Studs, Telex & Hammond Organ.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
33,600 days ago
(92 years, 20 days)