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Friday, January 21, 1921
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The Headlines
WHITMAN INQUIRY MAY BE CUT SHORT BY LACK OF FUNDS; Board of Estimate to Act Today on Request for $20,000 Appropriation. OPPOSITION IS FEARED Swann Defends Gifts to Policemen From Grateful PersonsAfter Service Is Rendered. LESS SEVERE THAN WHITMAN Asserts That No Pressure to Influence the Investigation HasBeen Attempted. No Attempt at Pressure. Bitter Feeling Denied. Operations of Agencies.
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
38,486 days ago
(105 years, 161 days)