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Tuesday, September 26, 1922
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The Headlines
'YOU NEVER CAN TELL,' MURPHY'S LAST WORD; Off to Syracuse Today With the Deciding Votes on Candidates in His Pocket.HEARST PRESSURE STRONG But Tammany Rank and FileWant Smith--Hylan Will PutHearst in Nomination.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- George Gershwin (1898)
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
37,874 days ago
(103 years, 279 days)