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Saturday, April 1, 1922
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The Headlines
4 BANDITS TRAPPED AMID NOON THRONGS; SHOTS FLY IN FIGHT; Told of Payroll Plot, Police Spread Net Near Grand Central Terminal. HOLD-UP MEN SURPRISED "Throw 'Em Up!" Leader Is Warned, as He Shoves Automatic Pistol at Cashier. AUTOMOBILE HALTS FLIGHT Detectives Block Traffic in 41stStreet and Round Up Lastof the Robbers.
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
38,051 days ago
(104 years, 91 days)