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Monday, February 27, 1922

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The Headlines

ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE FOR 20 YEARS, INSTEAD OF 10, AGREED ON BY PREMIERS; TO PROTECT POLAND AGAINST GERMANY; TO ADJUST ALL DISPUTES Accord on Near East Expected to Follow That on Rhine. ITS POSSIBILITIES GREAT Regarded as Vastly More Important to World ThanGenoa Conference.OUR STAND RESPONSIBLEAlliance Resorted To as Best Alternative to Our Membershipin League of Nations.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.

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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

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

38,084 days ago

(104 years, 124 days)