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Sunday, February 6, 1927
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The Headlines
MOST OF OUR LIQUOR POISON, 741 DEATHS IN CITY IN 1926, NORRIS REPORTS TO WALKER; FINDS ALCOHOL A MENACE Almost No Pure Whisky Available, Even for Doctors, He Says. MANY DEATHS UNREPORTED Actually No Prohibition Here, He Asserts -- Fears Spread of Chronic Poisoning. SOLUTION IN ENFORCEMENT But Thinks It Will Fail Unless Millions Miraculously Change Habits and Customs. Dr. Norris Reports to the Mayor on Deaths Due to Bad Liquor
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
- Ronald Reagan (1911)
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Eva Braun (1912)
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917)
- Aaron Burr (1756)
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
36,280 days ago
(99 years, 145 days)