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Thursday, December 8, 1927

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The Headlines

SAYS PARIS EMBASSY SHADOWED WALKER; Gallivan Charges in Debate That Whitehouse Put Detectives on Mayor's Trail. HE SAYS HOUGHTON "FLED" And Only Diplomat Who Didn't Ignore Walker Was Sterling, Minister at Dublin. SAYS PARIS EMBASSY SHADOWED WALKER

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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

35,974 days ago

(98 years, 204 days)