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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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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

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

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 RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,354 days ago

(105 years, 29 days)