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Monday, September 12, 1927
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The Headlines
DOUBLE CRASH ENDS WILD AUTO CHASE; Stolen Car at 60 Miles an Hour Hits a Taxi, Then Plows Into a Restaurant. THREE HURT, TWO ARRESTED Pursuit Starts in 5th Av. -- Pair May Be "Black and White" Hold-Up Men, Police Say. DOUBLE CRASH ENDS WILD AUTO CHASE
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
36,061 days ago
(98 years, 291 days)