Thursday, August 4, 1921

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The Headlines

Alpine Ascents by Airplane Promised; Swiss Hope to Start Service Next Summer

Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict: Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Louis Armstrong (1901)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
• Knut Hamsun (1859)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
• William Rowan Hamilton (1805)

Slang

Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)