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Saturday, July 29, 1922
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The Headlines
COUNTESS OF ESSEX DIES IN HER BATH; Former Adele Grant of New York Stricken With Heart Attack After Dinner Party.TRIED TO SUMMON HELPDowager, Once Famous Beauty,Was Model for Herkomer's"A Lady in White."
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
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
37,932 days ago
(103 years, 337 days)