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Tuesday, February 22, 1927

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The Headlines

STORM DEATHS GROW; LINERS BATTLE GALE; Bodies and Wreckage Washed Ashore as Wind Veers and Ends Flood Peril. STEAMER GOES ON SHOALS Tug Pulls the Columbus Out of Danger -- Heavy Damage at All Coast Towns. STORM DEATHS GROW; LINERS BATTLE GALE

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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

36,264 days ago

(99 years, 129 days)