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Sunday, July 3, 1927

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The Headlines

440-HURDLE RECORD HUNG UP BY GIBSON; Flashes Ahead in Final Two Yards to Edge Out Taylor in Title Meet. PICTURES TO DECIDE "100" Decision Giving Dash to Borah Is Overruled by Hulbert When Majority Favors Bowman. ILLINOIS A.C. PLACES FIRST Scores 55 Points, While Olympic Club Is Second in A.A.U. Senior Events at Lincoln, Neb. WORLD'S MARK SET BY GIBSON IN 440

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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

36,132 days ago

(98 years, 362 days)