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Sunday, October 22, 1922

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The Headlines

BEGGAR HAS RANCH AND $3,000 SEDAN; Legless Man Arrested in Sixth Avenue Drives Policeman in Car to Station. DISPLAYS FIVE BANK BOOKS Held in $500 Bail, He Offers to Quit City if Case Is Dropped --Lives in His Auto.

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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

37,847 days ago

(103 years, 252 days)