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Monday, January 30, 1922

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The Headlines

CONCLAVE EXPECTED TO SPEED ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE; Predicted in Rome That Benedict's Successor Will Reign by Saturday. DOUBT AMERICANS CAN VOTE Mercier Declares That Talk of His Own Candidacy Is Preposterous. URGES FORGIVING ENEMIES Cardinals Maffi, Ratti, Lega and La Fontaine Said to Have Best Chances.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1922

  • Tutmania

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

38,112 days ago

(104 years, 152 days)