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Saturday, August 13, 1927
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The Headlines
SACCO STILL FASTS; FRIEND WILL URGE FORCIBLE FEEDING; Wife and Others Fear His Death From 'Protest' During Respite. VANZETTI HAS LIGHT FOOD Defense Counsel Prepares Plea to State Supreme Court for New Trial. PICKETER OPENS TEST CASE New York Man, Among 26 Marchers Fined by Boston Judge, Enters Appeal. SACCO STILL FASTS, MAY FORCE FEEDING
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
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
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
36,092 days ago
(98 years, 322 days)