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Wednesday, November 16, 1927

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The Headlines

CONTEMPT INQUIRY IN OIL JURY-FIXING ORDERED BY COURT; Siddons Names Committee for Criminal Proceedings if Such Are Warranted. PROSECUTORS SURPRISED New Phase of the Teapot Dome Case Is Sprung as Grand Jury Ends Sessions. DETECTIVES AGAIN HEARD Burns and His Son Appear as Voluntary Witnesses -- Ruddy Reported Loyal to Chief.

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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

35,997 days ago

(98 years, 227 days)