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Thursday, May 25, 1922
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The Headlines
HYLAN WOULD NOT TAKE GOVERNORSHIP; Certificate of Election and Fare Paid Wouldn't Tempt Him to Albany, He Says. SEES PLOT TO GET HIM OUT Believes Traction Interests Want Him to Run to Remove Him From City Hall.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jack Steinberger (1921)
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
37,997 days ago
(104 years, 37 days)