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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
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
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Doris Day (1922)
- Alcide De Gasperi (1881)
- George Herbert (1593)
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
36,223 days ago
(99 years, 88 days)