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Friday, December 8, 1922

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The Headlines

LIQUOR STORM STIRS THE HOUSE ALL DAY; DRYS REPEL ATTACK; Hot Fight Greets the Wets as They Open Hostilities On Enforcement Funds. LINKS KLAN AND PROHIBITION Hill to Oppose Appropriations for Publicity, Propaganda and Buying Moonshine. FOR STATE CONTENTS LAWS Magee Says Congress Should Fix a "Reasonably Non-Intoxicating" Limit After Investigation.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • Two days after coming into existence, the Irish Free State executes four leaders of the Irish Republican Army: Dick Barrett, Joe McKelvey, Liam Mellows and Rory O'Connor.

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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

37,800 days ago

(103 years, 205 days)