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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.

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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

37,926 days ago

(103 years, 331 days)