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Thursday, August 18, 1921
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The Headlines
LITVINOFF INSISTS ON RIGHT TO EXPEL; Answers Hoover by Demanding Also That American Relief Workers Must Be Limited. SUBMITS NEW PROPOSALS Agreement Reached With Brown on All Other Points for American Aid.
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
38,277 days ago
(104 years, 317 days)