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Saturday, November 5, 1921
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The Headlines
$500,000 SUIT HANGS ON DA VINCI FINGERS; Impressions on Canvas Said to Prove Master Painted Picture Denounced by Duveen. DAMAGES ASKED BY WOMAN Owner Says Expert Prevented Sale of Picture Here by Calling It Spurious.
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
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Douglass North (1920)
- Fawzia of Egypt (1921)
- Roy Rogers (1911)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906)
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
38,198 days ago
(104 years, 238 days)