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Tuesday, June 28, 1921

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The Headlines

REFORMERS FAIL TO STOP BIG FIGHT; No Injunction Asked for Yet, but Bureau May Act Later. OFFICIALS SUPPORT BOUT Governor Edwards, Chairman Doherty and Others Say It Is Legal. Sees No Reason for Injunction. REFORMERS FAIL TO STOP BIG FIGHT Governor Sees No Obstacle. Doherty Defends Bout. Jack Kearns Not Worried.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

  • Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.

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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

38,328 days ago

(105 years, 3 days)