Sunday, August 14, 1921

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The Headlines

Mlle. Lenglen Writes Her Own Story Of Her Trip and Her Tennis Hopes; Felt She Must Come and Win to Be a Real World's Champion and to Help France--Wants No Health 'Alibi,' but Will Practice Before Predicting Victory.

Best-selling Sheet Music

The Sheik of Araby

Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Galsworthy (1867)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
• Pope Pius VII (1742)
• Frederick William I of Prussia (1688)
• Guangxu Emperor (1871)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1920)