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Tuesday, May 2, 1922
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The Headlines
D.Z. DOTY, EDITOR, DIVORCED IN WEST; Deposition Says He Left His Wife Because "She Stifled My Creative Ability." BOTH SUED, BUT SHE WINS Other Written Testimony Offered in Los Angeles Hearing Names "Platonic" Woman Friend.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,020 days ago
(104 years, 60 days)