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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.
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
37,902 days ago
(103 years, 307 days)