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Sunday, August 21, 1921
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The Headlines
BIG AUTO GRAVEYARD FOUND IN EAST RIVER; Police Say 50 and Perhaps 100 Cars Have Been Sunk Off Tiffany Street. DISCOVERED BY SWIMMERS Driven Off Deserted Pier Into Water to Collect Insurance, Is Detectives' Theory. Finds Boys' Story Is True. Signs of Robbery System. BIG AUTO GRAVEYARD FOUND IN EAST RIVER Cars Found Off Hallett's Cove.
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
38,274 days ago
(104 years, 314 days)