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Thursday, February 3, 1921
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The Headlines
NOT TAKING OFFICE, SAYS GEN. DAWNES; Sets Aside Reports He Will Be in Cabinet While Assailing Critics of Army. PROUD OF JOB, HE SAYS Hits Out at Faultfinders in Vigorous Language in AnsweringCongressmen's Questions. Says England Lost by Delay in Sales. NOT TAKING OFFICE, SAYS GEN. DAWES DAWES'S NAME IS OFF LIST. Harding Hopes to Have Him and Hoover Head Commissions.
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
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
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
38,473 days ago
(105 years, 148 days)