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Saturday, August 6, 1921
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The Headlines
BRYCE TELLS PERILS IN WORLD FINANCE; Not Generally True That Bankers or Munition Men FomentWars, He Says.KORFF CRITICISES WILSONCalls American Force in Siberia"Guard of Honor" at Entrance of Japanese Army.
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
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Paul Claudel (1868)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
38,289 days ago
(104 years, 329 days)