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Saturday, August 6, 1927
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The Headlines
SACCO DEATH STAYS TO BE ASKED TODAY; Counsel and Committee Plan Appeals to Federal and State Courts. NEW EVIDENCE IS PREPARED Defense Demands Fuller Publish Complete Findings -- Says He Ignored Some Data. SACCO DEATH STAYS TO BE ASKED TODAY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Paul Claudel (1868)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
36,099 days ago
(98 years, 329 days)