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Friday, September 2, 1927

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The Headlines

CALLES SEES RIFT DUE TO 'INDECISION' BY UNITED STATES; Mexican President in Message to Congress Calls Relations Regrettable. ASKS CONCRETE COMPLAINT He Says Accepting Mexico's Right to Own Laws Would End Disagreement. UPHOLDS RELIGIOUS ACTS Expelling of Foreigners Was Step to "Cleanse" Country of Harmful Elements, He Declares. CALLES SEES RIFT DUE TO 'INDECISION'

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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

36,071 days ago

(98 years, 301 days)