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Monday, June 20, 1927

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The Headlines

COOLIDGE RECEPTIVE TO 1928 NOMINATION, DAKOTANS BELIEVE; Republican Leaders Make Plans on Assumption President Will Run Again. NORBECK HOLDS THE REINS Senator Is Likely to Be Found in Coolidge Camp at State Convention. CROPS AID ADMINISTRATION Visitors to Summer White House Predict New Bill Will Take Farm Relief From Politics. COOLIDGE RECEPTIVE TO 1928 NOMINATION

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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

36,145 days ago

(99 years, 10 days)