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Wednesday, September 14, 1921
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The Headlines
DEFEATED QUEENS CANDIDATE IS SHOT; Patrick Dowd, Insurgent Democrat, Wounded in ClashOver Repudiation of Bet.BULLET ENTERS HIS TEMPLEShooting of Assembly AspirantIs Climax to Day of Quarreling in Long Island City.
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
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
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
38,250 days ago
(104 years, 290 days)