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Saturday, November 11, 1922
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The Headlines
California Dry at Last, Wets 29,000 Behind; Amendment and Volstead Act Now State Law
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- George S. Patton (1885)
- Victor Emmanuel III (1869)
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
37,827 days ago
(103 years, 232 days)