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Saturday, March 26, 1921
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The Headlines
ARKANSAS TOTTERS UNDER ROAD TAXES AND CZAR-LIKE RULE; Land Owners Are Forced to Mortgage Property for First Levy in 20-Year Program. TAX OF TEN EXCEEDS INCOME Many Are Assessed in Two or More Districts for 'Benefits' and Have No Appeal. FEDERAL INQUIRY WANTED Hostile Senate Blocks Repeal While People Denounce Waste and Incompetence.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,422 days ago
(105 years, 97 days)