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Wednesday, December 14, 1927
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The Headlines
FLIGHT THRILLS ALL MEXICO; President Directs Plans for Reception and Fetes During Stay. TO GREET FLIER IN PERSON Lindbergh Will Then Ride With Officials Through Capital to American Embassy. THRONGS CAMP NEAR FIELD Presidential Guard Is Stationed at Landing Place -- Planes Will Escort Him on Last Stage.
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
35,968 days ago
(98 years, 198 days)