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Sunday, October 16, 1921

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The Headlines

REPUBLICANS FEAR TO TAKE VOTE NOW ON GERMAN TREATY; Decide to Postpone Action Until Senator Knox's Successor Takes His Seat. DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT WEAK Number Counted On to Aid Ratification Said to Be Steadily Dwindling.. HARDING ASKED TO HELP Urged to Influence Pennsylvania Governor to Appoint New Senator Without Delay. SPROUL WILL NOT RESIGN. Pennsylvania Governor Confers With Leaders on Successor to Knox.

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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

Catchphrases of 1921

  • Ain't we got fun?

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

38,218 days ago

(104 years, 258 days)