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Monday, March 20, 1922

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The Headlines

STUDENT A SUICIDE LIKE WOMAN FRIEND, USING SAME POISON; Leaves Letters Explaining His Death and That of Pauline Clark at Boston Party. GAVE HER FATAL DRAUGHT Friends Say Divorcee and Rich Suitors Quarreled Over Her Preference for Him. BOTH WERE MELANCHOLY Larsen, Sent Here by Norway to Study Engineering, Had Already Decided on Suicide.

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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

38,063 days ago

(104 years, 103 days)