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Wednesday, November 15, 1922

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The Headlines

SAYS TRAFFIC HERE IS BEYOND CONTROL; Enright Suggests a West Side Viaduct and Putting Elevateds Under Ground.NOW AT 'END OF HIS ROPE'He Says the Police DepartmentCan Do No More to ControlCongestion of Motor Cars.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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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

37,824 days ago

(103 years, 229 days)