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Friday, December 15, 1922

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The Headlines

KELLER, ANGRY, QUITS DAUGHERTY HEARING, CALLING IT A FARCE; Congressman Who Brought the Charges Raises a Storm When Forbidden to Read Statement. VOLSTEAD REBUKES HIM Then Orders Subpoena Served in Order to Force the Prosecutor to Testify Today.WILL PROCEED WITH CASEUntermyer in a Letter Denouncesthe Hearing, Saying It Isa Whitewash.

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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

37,793 days ago

(103 years, 198 days)