Time Capsule: January 18, 1930

Min Wage Hourly$0.25

Median Home Price$5,500.00

Gas Price Avg$0.20

Bread Price Avg$0.08

Movie Ticket Avg$0.25

First Class Stamp$0.02

Milk Price Avg$0.50

Top Movies From 1930

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Whoopee!

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Check and Double Check

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All Quiet on the Western Front

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Hell's Angels

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The Big House

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Common Clay

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Min and Bill

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Song o' My Heart

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Son of the Gods

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The Dawn Patrol

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City Girl

January 18, 1930 Trivia

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January 18, 1930

January 18, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Tavormina on Stand Denies Cashing Check, Gets Life Sentence for Hold-Up Murder, Fifth Folsom Mutineer Is Hanged sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pul...

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January 18, 1930's archive note points to Tavormina testifies denying he cashed check. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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January 18, 1930's archive note points to R Tully gets life sentence for murder. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.
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January 18, 1930's archive note points to E Crosby, alias J Gleason, hanged in connection with Folsom Prison riot. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.
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On screens that day

Movie Whoopee!

Movie Check and Double Check

Movie All Quiet on the Western Front

Movie Hell's Angels

Inventions & Breakthroughs of January 1930

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

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Scotch Cellulose Tape

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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods

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Pluto Discovery

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Motorola Car Radio

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Twinkie Snack Cake

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Neoprene Synthetic Rubber

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Schick Electric Shaver Patent

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Differential Analyzer

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Turbojet Engine Patent

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BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts

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Headlines From January 18, 1930

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Headline: Tavormina on Stand Denies Cashing Check. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Gets Life Sentence for Hold-Up Murder. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public.
Headline: Fifth Folsom Mutineer Is Hanged. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public.
Headline: Kiss Goheen to Wed J. Impact: Education snapshot: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled. Fact: Schools and universities were part of the public story, not a quiet side room.
Headline: Live Stock Treaty Signed. Impact: Money snapshot: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock. Fact: The early Depression made ordinary business news feel like a warning light on the dashboard.
Headline: First Belgian Talkie Given. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing.
Headline: Kathleen Kersting Hailed. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.