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Thursday, March 10, 1921
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The Headlines
HARDING SELECTS MARION DEMOCRAT FOR CONTROLLER; D.R. Crissinger, Aid in Front Porch Campaign, Picked for Currency Post. PATRONAGE PLEAS HEARD Aldridge Accepts Collectorship Here--Calder Urges Morgan for Postmaster. SENATORS BACK PRINCE Columbia Linguist Proposed for Danish Mission--Lamont Confers on Chinese Relief.
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
- Alexander III of Russia (1845)
- Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452)
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503)
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772)
- Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788)
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
38,438 days ago
(105 years, 113 days)