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Saturday, September 17, 1921
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The Headlines
EXTORTION CHARGED IN PIER INQUIRY; $4,000,000 PROFITS; Leaseholders Mulct Shipowners, Says Brown, and O'Brien Alleges 'Maladministration.'PROSECUTIONS ARE ASKED Wharfage Charges $5,685,000 aYear, While City Gets $1,484,717, F.C. Rippon Testifies.RESPONSIBILITY NOT FIXEDMeyer Committee to Begin PoliceInquiry Monday and Return to Dock Situation Later.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
- Billy the Kid (1859)
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
38,247 days ago
(104 years, 287 days)