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Tuesday, June 7, 1921
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The Headlines
CHICAGO SMASHES MAYOR'S TICKET FOR JUDICIARY; Entire Coalition List of 21 Candidates for Circuit and Superior Courts Is Elected. BIG MAJORITIES PILED UP Estimated to Range From 50,000 to Nearly 100,000 With Returns Incomplete. WOMEN TAKE ACTIVE PART Thompson's Own Ward Apparently Has Gone Against Him in Landslide by 4,000 Votes.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,349 days ago
(105 years, 24 days)