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Thursday, May 26, 1921
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The Headlines
ALLIED DEBT TO PAY OFF LIBERTY BONDS; Harding's Plan to Substitute What Others Owe Us for War Issues Here. REFUNDING TO COME FIRST Shift of Obligations That Will Mean Big Saving to This Country May Come Within a Year.
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
- John Wayne (1907)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
- Abraham de Moivre (1667)
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
38,361 days ago
(105 years, 36 days)