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Saturday, April 22, 1922

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The Headlines

HYLAN RAPS MILLER, BUT HEEDS WARNING; Estimate Board Fails to Reject Subway Contracts and Orders Reconsideration.M'ANENY EXPECTS PASSAGE$30,900,000 B.R.T. Suit a Factor in Saving the City's FaceFrom Further Delay. Early Action Anticipated. HYLAN RAPS MILLER, BUT HEEDS WARNING Mayor Wants Them Readvertised. Saving Small, Cost Large. Much Work Delayed a Year.

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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

38,030 days ago

(104 years, 70 days)