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Sunday, January 16, 1927
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The Headlines
NAPOLEON FORESAW THE LEAGUE; Emil Ludwig Stresses His Prophetic Vision of the Future NAPOLEON. By Emil Ludwig. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. 707 pp. Illustrated. New York: Boni & Liveright. $5. Ludwig's Life Of Napoleon
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
- John C. Breckinridge (1821)
- Ethel Merman (1908)
- Franz Brentano (1838)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,300 days ago
(99 years, 165 days)