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Tuesday, April 4, 1922

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The Headlines

FIVE ARE INDICTED FOR TAKING GRAFT FROM IMMIGRANTS; Four Ellis Island Inspectors Are Alleged to Have Let In Aliens for Fees. DEVIOUS SCHEMES ARE USED Grand Jury Charges That Records Were Altered to Defraud the Government. MORE INDICTMENTS COMING Profits From a Single Liner WithBig Steerage List Are Placedat $1,500.

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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

38,049 days ago

(104 years, 89 days)