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Friday, May 6, 1927

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The Headlines

RESCUE WORK IS SPEEDED AS FLOOD ENGULFS NEW AREA; NATION'S FUND NOW $7,443,267; MORE TOWNS SUBMERGED Red Cross Reports That 323,837 Refugees Are Receiving Aid. PERIL GROWS IN LOUISIANA Thousands Toil to Reinforce Red River Levees as the Flood Crest Rolls Near. FAMILIES HUDDLE ON RAFTS Many Refuse to Leave Improvised Floating Refuges in the Vicinity of Their Farms.

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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

36,190 days ago

(99 years, 55 days)