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Monday, June 26, 1922

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The Headlines

A. BRUCE BIELASKI KIDNAPPED IN MEXICO AND HELD FOR $10,000; Former Chief of Federal Bureau of Investigation Is Prisoner Near Cuernavaca. BANDITS SEIZE HIM IN AUTOHe and a Mexican Lawyer AreTaken Away--His WifeSent Back to Capital. TALK OF RADICALS' PLOTMexico City Believes AmericansNow There Are Taking Revenge for His War Work.

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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

37,966 days ago

(104 years, 6 days)