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Monday, August 21, 1922

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The Headlines

DROWNS OFF YACHT IN STORM; CHUM POWERLESS TO AID; Donald A. Phipps, Yale Graduate, Swept From Speed Boatin Long Island Sound.TRIED TO DIRECT RESCUE War Buddy Hears Cries but Is Unable to Guide CraftToward Him.FLEET MAKES VAIN SEARCHMotor Boats and Hydroairplane Later Try to Find Son of Oyster Bay Business Man.

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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

37,909 days ago

(103 years, 314 days)