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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.

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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

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

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 RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,489 days ago

(105 years, 164 days)