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Wednesday, September 20, 1922
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The Headlines
SENATE BY 43 TO 28 PASSES TARIFF BILL; Measure Goes to Harding Today and May Become aLaw Tomorrow.5 REPUBLICANS AGAINST ITTwo Democratic Senators Jointhe Majority on the FinalDecisive Ballot.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778)
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758)
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
37,879 days ago
(103 years, 284 days)