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Saturday, September 10, 1921
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The Headlines
AUTO DEALER SLAIN; BODY FOUND IN RIVER; COMPANION MISSING; Police of Chicago Believe They Were Killed While Delivering Car That Had Been Sold. SEIZE BUYER IN WISCONSIN Search of Home Reveals BloodStained Weapons and Clothesof the Two Salesmen.HANDCUFFS ON THE BODYVictim Went to Bank With the Purchaser and Disappeared After Following Car Was Eluded.
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
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
- Georges Bataille (1897)
- Henry Purcell (1659)
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
38,254 days ago
(104 years, 294 days)