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Tuesday, April 12, 1921
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The Headlines
HARDING UP LATE, FINISHING MESSAGE FOR CONGRESS TODAY; Spends Practically Entire Day Setting Down His Views in Longhand for Transcription. WILL BE A LONG DOCUMENT Declaration for Foreign Relations Expected With Discussionof Many Domestic Issues.CONGRESS READY TO LISTEN Both Houses Organize on First Dayof the Expected Long Extra Session.
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
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
- Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884)
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
38,406 days ago
(105 years, 81 days)