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Tuesday, August 29, 1922

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The Headlines

BERGEN SHOT DOWN WITHOUT A CHANCE, SAYS GIRL WITNESS; Forced Tremblingly Up Stairway at Point of Cline's Gun,Says Alice Thornton.BITTER QUARREL OVER WIFEActress Who Was in the HouseTells How Husband AccusedActor of Wrecking Home. NO MENTION OF A DUEL Nor Was There Sound of a Struggle,She Declares--Corroborated bya Man Who Was There.

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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

37,902 days ago

(103 years, 307 days)