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Thursday, December 28, 1922

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The Headlines

HARDING MOVING FOR WORLD CONFERENCE, BUT LODGE IN SENATE OPPOSES BORAH PLAN AND MAJORITY WILL BLOCK THE PROPOSAL; LODGE URGES HANDS OFF Asks That Harding Shall Not Be Hampered in Action. AGAINST BRINGING UP DEBT Borah Demands Conference to Avert the Imminence of a New War. FEARS IT WOULD INVOLVE US Senate Tense as Fight Begins-- Twenty-Seven to Raise Point of Order on Borah.

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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

37,781 days ago

(103 years, 186 days)