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Sunday, September 4, 1927
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The Headlines
BITTER FIGHT RAGES ON TERM EXTENSION; New Jersey Republicans Insist Separate Gubernatorial Race Wastes State Funds. DEMOCRATS SEE ONLY PLOT Charge Effort Is Being Made to Get Aid of Sentiment Stirred in Presidential Years. MOORE URGES REGISTRATION Reeves Says Changes Will Save Money by Reducing Number of Elections. BITTER FIGHT RAGES ON TERM EXTENSION
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
36,070 days ago
(98 years, 300 days)