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Saturday, June 4, 1921

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I tossed the paper onto the porch, the heavy ink shouting MILITARY CONTROL IS ENDED AT TULSA; Civil Law Restored, One Negro Agitator Under Arrest, Three Others Sought. PLOT BY NEGRO SOCIETY? Wealthy Men of Race Say Hotheads Were Busy Hours Before the First Clash. It’s all anyone talks about, but I’m just trying to sneak out and find some giggle water while the sun stays high. My sister thinks she’s a real sheba in that new knee-length silk, but she’s just a pill. I hummed *The Sheik of Araby* and adjusted my cap, watching the neon flicker to life over the jazz club as the evening heat began to simmer.

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The Headlines

MILITARY CONTROL IS ENDED AT TULSA; Civil Law Restored, One Negro Agitator Under Arrest, Three Others Sought. PLOT BY NEGRO SOCIETY? Wealthy Men of Race Say Hotheads Were Busy Hours Before the First Clash.

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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

38,352 days ago

(105 years, 27 days)