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Tuesday, September 5, 1922
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The Headlines
MAY CHOOSE NEITHER HEARST NOR SMITH; LATEST POLITICAL TIP; Leaders Discuss Dropping Them Both to Avoid a Bad Split in the Party. EXPECT FIGHT AT SYRACUSE Smith Himself Ready to Make a Personal Onslaught to Block the Publisher. JUDGE WAGNER CONSIDERED Ex-Lieutenant Governor a Possible Choice of Murphy to Head State Ticket.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Tommaso Campanella (1568)
- John Cage (1912)
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
37,894 days ago
(103 years, 299 days)