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Friday, August 4, 1922
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The Headlines
PREMIER DEFENDS BRITAINS DEMAND FOR ALLIED DEBTS; Settlement Cannot Be Made at the Expense of British Taxpayers Alone, He Says. NO EVASION ON OUR DEBT Horne Repeats That Britain Will Pay--Asquith Upholds the American Position. WARNING TO THE FRENCH Lloyd George Doubts Conference Can Solve Problem at Once, but Insists on Equal Sacrifice.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
37,926 days ago
(103 years, 331 days)