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Wednesday, January 4, 1922
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The Headlines
FOES POWERLESS TO BLOCK TREATY AS DAIL RESUMES; Ratification by a Small Majority Indicated as Debate Is Taken Up Again. DE VALERA NOW ISOLATED Three Factions Before Christmas Now Two, Leaving President Without a Following.ANGRY CLASHES IN DEBATECollins Rebukes Countess Markievicz for "Insult" to Princess Mary --Strong Speeches for Acceptance.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710)
- Katsura Tarō (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
38,138 days ago
(104 years, 178 days)