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Saturday, June 18, 1921
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The Headlines
ADMITS CHARGING 20 PER CENT. BONUS ON MORTGAGE LOANS; Attorney General Newton and Senator Wadsworth Directors in the Company.700 PER CENT. IN PLASTERFamily Sells Product to Own Companies as Miner, Manufacturer, Jobber and Retailer.INSURANCE CONTROL SHOWN Untermyer, in Closing Buffalo Hearings, Says City is Honeycombed With Criminal Conspiracies.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Goncharov (1812)
- Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845)
- Georgi Dimitrov (1882)
- Miklós Horthy (1868)
- Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901)
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
38,338 days ago
(105 years, 13 days)