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Tuesday, September 19, 1922

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The Headlines

OVERLOOK 30 GIRLS ATOP BURNING LOFT; Firemen, Unaware of Their Presence, Fight Fierce Blaze on Floors Below. OFFICE BOY IS THE HERO Brings Warning of Peril and Victims Finally Escape Down Flooded Stairs.

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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

37,880 days ago

(103 years, 285 days)