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Thursday, April 27, 1922

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The Headlines

SAYS $400,000,000 OF FEDERAL BONDS ARE DUPLICATED; Johnson Startles the House by Charges Said to Bear on Engraving Shake-Up. MELLON RENEWS DENIAL Wingo Declares Secretary "Did Not Lie" and Challenges the Accusations. M'CARTER LETTERS GIVEN Johnson Brings Up Complaints by Official Ousted Under the Wilson Administration.

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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

38,026 days ago

(104 years, 66 days)