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Friday, August 5, 1927
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The Headlines
LOWDEN CONSULTS BACKERS IN CHICAGO; HAYS IS SUMMONED; Friends Press Ex-Governor to Declare His Candidacy for President at Once. HEADQUARTERS ARE SET UP But He Maintains Reserve as to Plans -- Dawes Says He Is 'Sawing Wood.' FORD CALLS FOR HOOVER Declares Secretary Is the Logical Candidate -- Believes Coolidge Sincere. LOWDEN CONSULTS BACKERS IN CHICAGO
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
36,100 days ago
(98 years, 330 days)