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Friday, January 14, 1921
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The Headlines
HUGHES'S SELECTION NOW BEYOND DOUBT; Formal Invitation From Harding Said to Be the Only Step Remaining. DAUGHERTY'S CHANCES UP Hoover Also Likely to Win-- President-Elect May Take Completed Slate South.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Giulio Andreotti (1919)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
- Berthe Morisot (1841)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Meanwhile
- Post-WWI Recession — Severe deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.
Time Elapsed
38,493 days ago
(105 years, 168 days)