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Monday, June 5, 1922

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The Headlines

CHURCH CROWDS SEE HOT PISTOL BATTLE; Detective and Gunman Felled by Flying Bullets in New Rochelle. POLICE GET FLEEING PAIR Suspect Them of Trying to Steal Parked Autos of Churchgoers.

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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

37,986 days ago

(104 years, 26 days)