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Tuesday, November 15, 1921
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The Headlines
BALFOUR TO ACCEPT TODAY; Will Bring Up Problem of Scrapping Ship and Armor Plants. FOR FEWER SUBMARINES British Delegates Would Like This Tonnage Cut to Limits of Their Own Navy. COMMITTEES BEGIN WORK Both Conference Bodies Broadened--Their Sessions WillNot Be Public.
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
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
- Pope Nicholas V (1397)
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
38,188 days ago
(104 years, 228 days)