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Thursday, April 20, 1922

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The Headlines

LADY ASTOR HERE; IN HER OWN WORDS, 'SAYS A MOUTHFUL'; The Same Being an Expression of Regret That We Did Not Elect a Woman Mayor. O.K.'S GENOA, LLOYD GEORGE Approves Prohibition and the Flapper, but is Reticent on Ireland and Mrs. Asquith. HUSBAND GAVE HER START That 'Strange and Remarkable Man' Drove Her Into Public Life, She Tells Town Hall Audience.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.

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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

38,032 days ago

(104 years, 72 days)