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On the date
Friday, July 15, 1927
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The Headlines
PLAN SINGLE CONTROL FOR ALL CITY HOUSING; Investigators See Need for Close Supervision of Every Type of Construction. VISIT APARTMENT HOTELS One Praised as Model -- Several Found to Be Violating Law by Permitting Cooking. FOR SINGLE CONTROL OVER ALL HOUSING
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
36,121 days ago
(98 years, 351 days)