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Wednesday, June 8, 1921
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The Headlines
TREASURY OFFERS NEW $500,000,000 SHORT-TERM NOTES; Mellon Inaugurates the Gradual Distribution of the 7 Billion of Short-Dated Debt. TWO ISSUES ARE COMBINED Three-Year Notes to Bear 5 and One-Year Certificates Will Yield 5 . NATION'S FINANCES IMPROVE Secretary Thinks Policy Will Help Government Securities--Surplus of $500,000,000 This Year. Expect $500,000,000 Surplus. Terms of the Offering. TREASURY OFFERS SHORT-TERM NOTES Makes a Combined Offering. Reduction of Debt. Better Market Conditions. Treasury Notes, Series A-1924.
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
38,348 days ago
(105 years, 23 days)