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Thursday, April 28, 1921
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The Headlines
BONE DRY STATE IN SIXTY DAYS, CHANDLER'S ORDER; Superintendent of State Police Tells His Troopers Two Months is the Limit. THEY MAKE FIRST RAIDS Seize Liquor Worth $30,000 in Saloons in Westchester and Oneida Counties. MILLER TO AVOID CONFLICT Governor Opposes Enforcement by State Authorities Where They Conflict With Federal Agents.
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
38,390 days ago
(105 years, 65 days)