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Monday, February 27, 1928
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The Headlines
SEIZE 25 IN CHICAGO FOR TRAIN ROBBERY; FIND $17,000 LOOT; Police Hold Five of Those Taken on Clue of "Lame Bandit" and Seek Three More. WOMAN TELLS ON HUSBAND He Then Confesses and Names Others, Including Railroad Men, in $133,000 Hold-Up. 'SOUP' HIDDEN WITH CASH Loot Is Pulled Out of Flour Barrel, Sugar Jar and Linings of Clothes in "Limpy" Cleaver's Home.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Paul Ricœur (1913)
- Marian Anderson (1897)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,894 days ago
(98 years, 124 days)