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Saturday, January 29, 1921
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The Headlines
LEGISLATORS PLAN MASS MEETING HERE AGAINST 8-CENT FARE; Democratic Senators and Assemblymen from the Cityto Organize Monday.LAGUARDIA TO CO-OPERATEMiller's Proposal for Up-StateCommission to Fix LightingRates Also Attacked.DENOUNCED BY TAMMANY Executive Committee Adopts Resolution--Livingston First Local Republican Leader to Back Governor.
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
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867)
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
38,478 days ago
(105 years, 153 days)