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Monday, April 24, 1922
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The Headlines
NOT TO PERPETUATE FEUDS; Premier Demands Co-operation for Peace, Little Entente Backs Him. RUSSIAN LOAN FIRST TOPIC Barthou for France Accepts the Soviet Reply as Basis for Discussion. RESERVATION ON TREATY Ten Powers Record Right to Declare Void Any Clauses of Russo-German Compact.
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My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Spitteler (1845)
- Philippe Pétain (1856)
- William the Silent (1533)
- Vincent de Paul (1581)
- Erich Raeder (1876)
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
38,028 days ago
(104 years, 68 days)