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Saturday, September 17, 1927

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The Headlines

MYSTERY DEVELOPS IN DOCTOR'S MURDER; Wife Is Questioned for Hours at Hammonton, N.J., on Slaying in Auto. NO MALE FOOTPRINTS FOUND Search for Two Negroes Widens -- Widow Not Being Detained, Says Prosecutor. MYSTERY DEVELOPS IN DEATH OF DOCTOR

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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

36,057 days ago

(98 years, 287 days)