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Monday, May 23, 1921
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The Headlines
OBREGON MUST SIGN A GUARANTEE TO US TO GET RECOGNITION; Memorandum Summerlin Takes to Mexico Requires Pledge to Protect Americans. MUST ALTER CONSTITUTION Oil Rights Acquired Before 1917 Must Be Recognized--Other Terms on Lines Urged by Fall. OBREGON'S TASK DIFFICULT To Yield Would Arouse Radicals, While to Refuse Might Open Way to Another Faction.
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
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
- Hans Frank (1900)
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
38,364 days ago
(105 years, 39 days)