Friday, June 10, 1921

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sound

The tinny blast of the gramophone is competing with the roar of a passing Duesenberg, and all the swell guys are whistling "The Sheik of Araby" like their lives depend on it. I’m leaning against the brick, adjusting my newsboy cap and watching a real sheba across the street while the newsies shout some nonsense about the British overawing the Poles. Everything is a scream today, especially with the sun hot enough to melt a nickel. Between the jazz and the racket of the new city, ain't we got fun?

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The Headlines

BRITISH METHODS OVERAWE POLES; Insurgent Chief, Ordered Out of Rosenberg, Departs With Men in Haste. POPULATION HOLD HOLIDAY. Command to Germans Not to Advance Also Is Obeyed, and Neutral Zone Takes Shape. How the British Went About It. BRITISH METHODS OVERAWE POLES Old Plan As a Palliative. Urges Action in France. More British Troops En Route.

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The Sheik of Araby

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Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)