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Wednesday, January 19, 1927
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The Headlines
SNAG THREATENS WALKER PROPOSAL FOR SUBWAY BONDS; Legislators Are Demanding Proof That $300,000,000 Plan Is Sound. MAYOR'S STOCK IS LOWER Talk Is Already Heard of Putting Over Constitutional Amendment Another Year. HOFSTADTER AGAIN SPONSOR He Will Introduce Amendment Bill, but Doubts the Wisdom of Pressing It Now. SNAG THREATENS WALKER PROPOSAL
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
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
36,297 days ago
(99 years, 162 days)