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Monday, July 25, 1921
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The Headlines
JAPAN WILL DEMAND FORMAL AGREEMENT ON PARLEY'S SCOPE; She Will Solicit Assurances That Program Be Defined Before the First Meeting. ASSENTS TO THE OPEN DOOR But if Yap Is Brought Up Will Challenge Dominions' Control in South Pacific. DIFFERENCES ON SHANTUNG Washington Firm for Settling Issue--Prior Meetings AgainTalked Of in London. American Concessions Involved. May Challenge Dominion Rights. JAPAN WILL DEMAND FORMAL AGREEMENT Unwilling to Bar Causes of Dispute.
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
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
- Ibn Arabi (1165)
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
38,301 days ago
(104 years, 341 days)