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On the date
Wednesday, November 2, 1927
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The Headlines
C. E. SMITH SAYS RISE IN FARE IS SOLE HOPE; Tells Merchants an Increase Would Completely Solve Transit Problem. ATTACKS DEBT PROPOSAL Sees No Need for Amendment if Roads Are Made to Pay -Calls Conditions Indecent. C. E. SMITH SAYS RISE IN FARE IS SOLE HOPE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
- Odysseas Elytis (1911)
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
36,010 days ago
(98 years, 240 days)