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Sunday, September 11, 1921
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The Headlines
SHOOTING OF BROKER KEPT SECRET 2 DAYS; Thomas H. Frothingham Taken to Hospital After Wounding Himself in Relative's Home. POLICE CALL IT ACCIDENT Victim Found by Wife and Brother-in-Law Five Minutes After Bullet Enters Breast.
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
38,253 days ago
(104 years, 293 days)