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Thursday, October 19, 1922

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The Headlines

EDISON ASTONISHED AS SCIENCE WIZARDS SHOW NEW MARVELS; Sees at Big Schenectady Plant Electrical Devices That Grew From His Inventions. FIRST VISIT IN 25 YEARS Inventor of the Incandescent Lamp Holds One of 100,000 Candle Power. INSPECTS MERCURY BOILER Also Talking Movie Machine--Secrets Revealed That May Revolutionize Industry.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.

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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

37,850 days ago

(103 years, 255 days)