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Thursday, September 29, 1927
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The Headlines
SMITH BOOM IS MAIN TOPIC AS STATE DEMOCRATS MEET; LEADERS PLAN SOFT PEDAL; NOT TO ADOPT PLATFORM Want to Avoid Embarrassing Governor in Any Way at This Time. HIS SPEECH ON STATE LINES Cuvillier Threatens Trouble by a Resolution Injecting the Prohibition Issue. NO SPRING CONVENTION State Committee Will Be Given Power to Name Delegates to the National Convention.
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
36,044 days ago
(98 years, 274 days)