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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

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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

Catchphrases of 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

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)