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Monday, August 1, 1921
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The Headlines
COMRADES GO TO AID ACCUSED DETECTIVE; Three Shield Tighe, Charged With Maltreating Forty Persons, at His Court Hearing.HE IS HELD IN $2,500 BAILWomen Make Three Charges--He Admits "Rough Handling,"but Denies He Was Drunk.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,294 days ago
(104 years, 334 days)