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Sunday, February 5, 1922
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The Headlines
CARDINALS AGAIN FAIL TO ELECT POPE; PREPARE FOR SIEGE; Vast Crowd Waits All Day Before Vatican, but SmokeShows No Election. MORE SUPPLIES LAID IN Gasparri Withdraws 120,000 Lire From Bank in Preparation for Long Conclave.SIGNALS CAUSE CONFUSIONMorning Vote Followed by a Rush to Learn Supposed Result--GreatOutpouring Expected Today.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Alan Hodgkin (1914)
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
38,106 days ago
(104 years, 146 days)