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Friday, August 5, 1921
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The Headlines
CARUSO'S WIDOW WANTS HIS ESTATE TO GO TO GLORIA; Appeals to Courts to Enforce Statute Which Would Make Little Daughter Sole Heir. SMALL PART FOR HERSELF Under Latest Will She Would Receive Income of Property for Life. DIVIDED AFTER HER DEATH Tenor's Burial Takes Place WithRoyal Pomp--400 Sing aRequiem.
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
38,290 days ago
(104 years, 330 days)