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Tuesday, September 4, 1928
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The Headlines
BOARD SCORES I.R.T. FOR RUNNING TRAIN INTO TUNNEL FUMES; Finds Motorman Should Have Stopped on Seeing Smoke and Ordered Blowers On. CARS AHEAD LOST CONTACTS Delay Charged in Reporting 11 Shoes Broken--They Caused Short-Circuit Blaze. SUBWAY SAFE, HEDLEY SAYS Pledges Continued Vigilance to Curb Mishaps--Dead in Times Square Crash Now 17. Say Train Should Have Halted. Can't Eliminate Short Circuits. BOARD SCORES I.R.T. ON QUEENS ACCIDENT Seventeenth Wreck Victim Dies. Text of Board's Report. Passengers Become Excited.
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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
35,704 days ago
(97 years, 299 days)