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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

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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

36,274 days ago

(99 years, 139 days)