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Monday, March 6, 1922
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The Headlines
BABE RUTH SIGNS FOR THREE YEARS AT TOSS OF A COIN; Wins Dispute Over Terms With Yankee Management--Option for Two Additional Years. $500 FOR EACH HOME RUN But Basic Salary in Addition to This Is Not Announced-- Total Probably $50,000. JOINS THE TEAM THURSDAY Will Leave Hot Springs With Col. Huston for New Orleans to Get Into Condition.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,077 days ago
(104 years, 117 days)