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Sunday, January 29, 1922
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The Headlines
COLLEGE TEAM MEN IN $100,000 GAME; Rival Towns Hired Illinois and Notre Dame Football Stars and Bet $50,000 Each. PLAYERS ALL WELL PAID Contest Is Revealed as Cause of Disqualification of Nine State University Athletes.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867)
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
38,113 days ago
(104 years, 153 days)