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Wednesday, August 31, 1921
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The Headlines
NEW YORK MOTHER OF 16 CHILDREN WINS HARDING'S AID; President Writes Mrs. Zaccahea That He Himself Was "One of Eight." ENLISTS WANAMAKER, TOO Rotogravure Picture of Brood in a Sunday Newspaper May Get Father More Pay. PRESIDENT TELLS A STORY Recalls Own Mother Saying, Had She Life to Live Over, She'd Wish Eight Children More.
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
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
38,264 days ago
(104 years, 304 days)