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Tuesday, July 12, 1921
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The Headlines
PICKS THREE MEN TO PUT OUR FLEET ON PAYING BASIS; Lasker Plans to Build Up Merchant Marine to Profitable Selling Point.WOULD GO AT BIG LOSS NOWSmull, Love and Frey Chosen toDirect Operation at About$30,000 a Year Each. HARDING IN HEARTY ACCORDPresident Has Promised New Expert Executives Freedom FromAll Political Considerations.
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
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Claude Bernard (1813)
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
Time Elapsed
38,314 days ago
(104 years, 354 days)