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Tuesday, June 14, 1921
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The Headlines
$50,000,000 POOL FOR LIVE STOCK AID; J. P. Morgan and Others to Subscribe Half and WesternBankers the Balance.LONG CREDITS ARE PLANNEDArrangement With Private Financiers Relieves Government of Burden. Follows White House Conference. $50,000,000 POOL FOR LIVE STOCK AID
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
- Alois Alzheimer (1864)
- Andrey Markov (1856)
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
38,342 days ago
(105 years, 17 days)