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Sunday, May 8, 1921
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The Headlines
NAVY OFFICER LISTED AS DRAFT DODGER; WEEKS APOLOGIZES; War Department Tells How Lieut. Commander French Was Unjustly Stigmatized. DEAD MEN ALSO NAMED One Recorded as an Evader Surrenders and Is Expected to Show His Innocence. OTHER INJUSTICES SHOWN Col. Galbraith Says Errors in List Had Been Anticipated by American Legion.
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
38,379 days ago
(105 years, 54 days)