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Tuesday, March 29, 1927

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The Headlines

MINERS MAKE MOVE TO AVERT A STRIKE; Policy Committee Authorizes the Men to Work at Present Wages Pending Negotiations. CONCEDE DISTRICT SCALES Move Meets Operators' Stand in Past and Is Called by Lewis a Step Toward Peace. MINERS MAKE MOVE TO AVERT A STRIKE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.

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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

36,228 days ago

(99 years, 93 days)