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Saturday, December 10, 1927
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The Headlines
CONFESSIONS SOUGHT IN LILLIENDAHL CASE TO GET A NEW TRIAL; Report of Admissions by Two Negroes Here Is Believed the Basis of Defense Move. RUMOR DENIED IN BROOKLYN Ten-Year Sentence and Refusal of Bail to Widow and Beach Are Looked For Today. APPEAL FOR THEM READY Juror Says It Was Felt That There Had Been Quarrel at Crime Scene -- Both Prisoners Are Cheerful. CONFESSION SOUGHT IN LILLIENDAHL CASE
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
35,973 days ago
(98 years, 203 days)