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Thursday, March 3, 1921

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The Headlines

GERMANS TODAY MUST MAKE NEW OFFER OR ALLIES WILL ENFORCE PENALTIES; MAY SEIZE RUHR COAL PORTS ON RHINE; WILL HEAR NO EXCUSES Envoys Not to Be Permitted to Plead TheyHave No Power.PROPOSALS ARE DISSECTED Merit Neither Examination NorDiscussion, the SupremeCouncil Announces. GERMANS ARE DEPRESSED Reply They Await May TakeForm of Ultimatum WithVery Short Time Limit. Program of Action Complete. May Get Four Days' Delay. German Proposal Analyzed. Foresees International Loan. Germans Are Despondent.

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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

38,445 days ago

(105 years, 120 days)