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Friday, June 16, 1922

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The Headlines

NORTHCLIFFE AIDS SUE HIM FOR LIBEL; STOP HIS ARTICLES; Sir Andrew Caird and W.G. Fish, Officials of Associated Newspapers, Begin Action. HE IS ILL IN SWITZERLAND Daily Mail Mentions This as Reason for Discontinuing "Incognito in Germany." FISH RECENTLY CENSURED Caird Suit Unexplained--Advertisements of Northcliffe Attackson Rivals Cease. NORTHCLIFFE AIDS SUE HIM FOR LIBEL

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.

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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

37,975 days ago

(104 years, 15 days)