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Wednesday, June 14, 1922
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The Headlines
GOLD COINS MINTED BY CROESUS FOUND IN RUINS OF SARDIS; Greatest Archaeological Discovery in Ten Years Is Madeby American Scientists.METROPOLITAN MAY GET 15Half the Priceless Treasures;Dating Back to 546 B.C.,Sought for Museum Here. DUG FROM AN ANCIENT TOMB Believed Hidden There by a RichMan. When King Cyrus WasWarring on Lydia.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
- Alois Alzheimer (1864)
- Andrey Markov (1856)
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
37,977 days ago
(104 years, 17 days)