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Tuesday, March 7, 1922

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The Headlines

SEAT FOR EVERYBODY IN NON-RUSH HOURS TO BE TRANSIT ORDER; Standard of Service Set Up by State Board Increases PreWar Schedules.SAY LINES CAN AFFORD ITIncome Gained 73 Per Cent. in Last Half of 1921, but thePublic Suffered Still More.247 PER CENT. OVERLOADING O'Ryan Says German PrisonersWould Have Rebelled if Treatedas the Public Is.

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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

38,076 days ago

(104 years, 116 days)