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Friday, May 19, 1922

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The Headlines

HARDING ASSERTS HONEST COMMERCE IS NATION'S NEED; President Tells Chamber of Commerce We Are on the Threshold of a New Era. WANTS A MERCHANT MARINE No Other Desire of the Administration Ranks Higher, HeDeclares. POINTS TO RUSSIA'S PLIGHTQuotes Declaration That It Cannot Be Relieved While Its People Work Without Reward.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.

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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

38,003 days ago

(104 years, 43 days)