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Friday, February 11, 1927
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The Headlines
WINNING CRIME WAR, M'LAUGHLIN REPORTS; In 1926 Resume for Mayor He Puts Assault and Robbery Cases 20.9 Per Cent. Below 1925. BURGLARIES REDUCED 18% Hits at Enright by Inference, Praises Baumes Laws and His Men for Bettering Record. WINNING CRIME WAR, M'LAUGHLIN FINDS
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
36,274 days ago
(99 years, 139 days)