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Friday, February 25, 1927
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The Headlines
SUSPECT TAMMANY OF DRY SHIFT IN AID OF SMITH CANDIDACY; Republicans Think Democratic Votes for Poison Liquor Bill Indicate Move. BLOCH'S MIND NOW OPEN Tammany Assemblymen Helped Amend Jenks Measure to Allow Voting for It. CIVIL WAR!' CRIES CUVILLIER He Asserts Measure Revives Mullan-Gage Act -- Goes to Washington for Wet Aid. SEE TAMMANY SHIFT TO DRY TO AID SMITH
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
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
- Carlo Goldoni (1707)
- Lesya Ukrainka (1871)
- José de San Martín (1778)
- Enrico Caruso (1873)
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
36,260 days ago
(99 years, 125 days)