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Wednesday, August 9, 1922
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The Headlines
IRISH RAID CABLES AGAIN; CUT 4 LINES; Leave Only Three of Twelve to British Isles Working by New Station Seizure. WESTERN UNION NOW HIT Valentia Landing Place Taken by Insurgents, Who Closed Commercial Plant Sunday.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
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
37,921 days ago
(103 years, 326 days)