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Sunday, July 10, 1921

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The Headlines

STORMS FAIL TO GIVE RELIEF FROM HEAT; DEATH LIST GROWS; Lightning and Rain Sweep Across New England-- Cloudburst in Boston. 37 DEAD IN OHIO CITIES Showers Here Bring Little Comfort and Throngs Seek the Beaches. 6 DIE IN AND NEAR NEW YORK Crowd at Coney Estimated at 400,000--Forecast Is for ContinuedWarm Weather Today.

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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

  • Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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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

Time Elapsed

38,316 days ago

(104 years, 356 days)