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Thursday, August 25, 1921
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The Headlines
DOCTORED RECORDS IN GRAFT CASE BARE MYSTERIOUS $3,500; Chemicals Restore Erased Enties in Books of ButcherWho Got Market Permit.$500 FOR THE McMANUSPermit Issued by O'Malley WhenAdolph Kahn Visited Him After Drawing $3,000. SWANN TO AID COMMITTEE Promises Prosecutions and Protection of Witnesses WhosePermits Are Revoked.
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
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918)
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
38,270 days ago
(104 years, 310 days)