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Wednesday, August 17, 1921
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The Headlines
HOOVER REJECTS BOLSHEVIST TERMS; HARDING BACKS HIM; President Ready to Join European Powers in InvestigatingRelief Conditions.LLOYD GEORGE FOR WIDE AIDHe Urges World Co-operationWith Soviet in This Crisis,Subject to Guarantees.EUROPE'S ENVOYS IN RIGAInternational Red Cross and Leagueof Nations Officials PresentTerms to Litvinoff.
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
38,278 days ago
(104 years, 318 days)