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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)