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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)