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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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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
- Georg Cantor (1845)
- William Godwin (1756)
- Ragnar Frisch (1895)
- Jean Harlow (1911)
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
38,445 days ago
(105 years, 120 days)