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Thursday, June 2, 1921
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The Headlines
FRENCH, ATTACKED, DEFEAT GERMANS IN UPPER SILESIA; Garrison at Beuthen Repels Assailants, Killing a Number of Them.POLES LOSE NEW BATTLELeave 130 Dead as they Retreat Before German OnslaughtNear Gross Strehlitz.HOEFFER REFUSES TO QUIT Tells Allies Honor as Soldier MakesWithdrawal Impossible, andTroops Would Disobey.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
38,354 days ago
(105 years, 29 days)