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Sunday, June 19, 1921

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The Headlines

SEE ALLIED RETURN TO ANCIENT POLICY OF BARGAINING; Briand-Curzon Conference Is Viewed With Concern by Some Americans Abroad. BERLIN, TOO, IS WORRIED Dreads Idea of Britain Yielding to France on Silesia for Concessions Regarding Turkey. EXPERTS' REPORT IGNORED Advice by Admiral Bristol andOthers Adverse to Greek Aims Was Pigeonholed.

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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

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

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 RecessionSevere deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.

Time Elapsed

38,337 days ago

(105 years, 12 days)