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Thursday, September 14, 1922
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The Headlines
1,800 ON THE FULTON CHEER RIVER RESCUE; Hudson Day Liner's Crack Oar Speeds to Pair Clinging to Canoe. BOAT LAUNCHED IN A JIFFY Reaches Castaways as They Were Slipping Exhausted Into the Water.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
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
37,886 days ago
(103 years, 291 days)