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Monday, August 27, 1928
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The Headlines
INQUIRY OPENS TODAY INTO SUBWAY WRECK; DEATH LIST NOW 16; Banton Calls Witnesses to Search Out Facts on Times Square Disaster. GRAND JURY ACTION TO WAIT Investigators Will Take Ample Time to Review Evidence-- Transit Board Ready to Aid. ARRAIGN BALDWIN SEPT. 17 Girl, 19, Succumbs to Injuries After Hard Fight for Life--Dying, She Thanks Rescuers. Baldwin to Be Examined Today. Commission Experts to Aid. Finds Safety Devices Working. HEARINGS TODAY INTO SUBWAY WRECK One Body Is Still Unclaimed. Patients Praise Hospital Care.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
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
35,711 days ago
(97 years, 306 days)