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Thursday, October 6, 1927
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The Headlines
SLIDING FARE UP TO 7 CENTS AND UNIFIED TRANSIT LINES URGED BY BERRY'S EXPERT; NEW SYSTEM IS ADVOCATED C. E. Smith Would Link Subways, Elevateds and Some Buses. WOULD MODIFY CONTRACTS Recommends Cancellation of Deficits to Bolster Credit, and Pooling of Revenues. OPPOSES NEW CITY SUBWAY Report is Not Yet Filed and the Controller Says It Must Yet Go to Advisory Committee.
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
36,037 days ago
(98 years, 267 days)