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Tuesday, November 1, 1921

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The Headlines

LEGION GREETS FOCH WITH WILD ACCLAIM FOR ITS CONVENTION; 50,000 Cheer the Marshal When He Arrives With Pershing in Kansas City. STATE AND CITY WELCOME War Chiefs Hailed in Trip Through Missouri--Foch Is Reserved on Disarmament. DIAZ AND JACQUES HEARD Coolidge Tells Convention of Harding's Interest--Emery Pledges Fight for Bonus.

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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

38,202 days ago

(104 years, 242 days)