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Monday, April 4, 1921

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I leaned against the brick, adjusting my cheaters to hide a wink at a passing Sheba while humming "The Sheik of Araby" under my breath. My eyes skipped over the discarded Times where the ink screamed *VIVIAN SEES KNOX; TALK IS REVIVED OF SEPARATE PEACE; French Special Envoy Learns at First Hand Attitude of Peace Resolution's Sponsor. SAID TO BE RECONCILED TO IT No Action Likely at Present, and He Hopes for Pledge to France in Final Action. LAUZANNE EXPECTS PASSAGE Cables His Newspaper That Neither the League Nor Present Treaty Will Ultimately Be Ratified.* The stuffy world of treaties and diplomatic pledges felt like a dusty relic compared to the neon hum of the city tonight. Who cares about the League of Nations when there’s giggle water to find and the jazz is just getting hot?

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The Headlines

VIVIAN SEES KNOX; TALK IS REVIVED OF SEPARATE PEACE; French Special Envoy Learns at First Hand Attitude of Peace Resolution's Sponsor. SAID TO BE RECONCILED TO IT No Action Likely at Present, and He Hopes for Pledge to France in Final Action. LAUZANNE EXPECTS PASSAGE Cables His Newspaper That Neither the League Nor Present Treaty Will Ultimately Be Ratified.

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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

38,413 days ago

(105 years, 88 days)