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Sunday, August 28, 1921
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The Headlines
U.S. MAIL LINE FLEET REGAINED BY LASKER; Court Orders Return to Shipping Board on Application by the Two Receivers. BIG LOSS TO OPERATE Government to Honor $600,000 Immigrant Tickets and Replace $600,000 Left on Deposit.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
Russian Civil War: The Red Army dissolves the Makhnovshchina after driving the Revolutionary Insurgent Army out of Ukraine.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- George Whipple (1878)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
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
38,267 days ago
(104 years, 307 days)