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Tuesday, October 4, 1927
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The Headlines
WALKER TO ENFORCE NIGHT CLUB CURFEW; Declares Law Is Being Defied and Wants to Know Who Is Responsible. THREATENS PERSONAL TOUR Says Some Places Keep Open All Night -- Sees City's 'Fair Name' Imperiled. WALKER TO ENFORCE NIGHT CLUB CURFEW
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
- Jean-François Millet (1814)
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
36,039 days ago
(98 years, 269 days)