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Sunday, May 15, 1927
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The Headlines
RECOVERY OF FRANCE PLEASES COOLIDGE; He Expresses Gratification to Paris Journalist and Talks of the Far East. ADDS WORDS OF WARMTH Editor Is Impressed by Courtesy Shown to President by Newspapers, Even Those Politically Opposed.
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
36,181 days ago
(99 years, 46 days)