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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
- Thomas Browne (1605)
- Jean Dausset (1916)
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
37,850 days ago
(103 years, 255 days)