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Saturday, January 15, 1921
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The Headlines
ROADS LACK FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE, EXECUTIVES SAY; Application Is Made to Congress for the Amendment of the Transportation Act. TREASURY'S RULING BLAMED Partial Payments Urged Under War Guarantees--Southern May Sue for Millions. OFFICIALS FAVOR RELIEF E.E. Clark, for Commerce Board, Recommends Prompt Federal Payment of Undisputed Claims. Carriers' Desperate Credit Situation. ROADS LACK FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE Government Owes P.R.R. $40,800,000
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
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
- Mihai Eminescu (1850)
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
38,492 days ago
(105 years, 167 days)