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Tuesday, January 18, 1921
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The Headlines
SAY HOLLAND HAS ASKED HOHENZOLLERNS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF PLOT BY CROWN PRINCE TO INVADE GERMANY; BERLIN AND VIENNA REPORT IT Amsterdam Hotel Was the Meeting Place of the Conspirators. PRINCE'S VALET MADE TRIPS Many Persons from Germany and Much Correspondence Came to the Hotel. EMISSARY FINALLY TAKEN Papers on Him Said to Have Proved Violation of the Right of Asylum.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
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
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
38,489 days ago
(105 years, 164 days)