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Tuesday, March 15, 1927
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The Headlines
CONTINENTAL BAKING ENDS WARD'S POWER; Directors Drop G.G. Barber as Chairman -- Buffalonian in Office Temporarily. COMMON DIVIDEND HALVED Rumors of Cut From $8 to $4 Cause Drop in Shares on Stock Exchange. CONTINENTAL BAKING ENDS WARD'S POWER
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My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
36,242 days ago
(99 years, 107 days)