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Sunday, April 3, 1927

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The Headlines

GIRL OF 6, BURNED AND BRUISED, TAKEN FROM WEALTHY PAIR; Adopted Child of Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Pratt of Des Moines Found at the Plaza. GUESTS HAD REPORTED CASE Doctor Certifies to Eleven Contusions and Three Partly Healed Wounds on Child's Body. DENIAL BY FOSTER PARENTS No Mistreatment, Their Lawyer Says -- Child Expresses Fear -- Sent to Children's Society. GIRL BURNED TAKEN FROM RICH COUPLE

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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

36,223 days ago

(99 years, 88 days)