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Thursday, November 17, 1921

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The Headlines

ROY GARDNER TAKEN BY FIGHTING CLERK IN NEW MAIL THEFT; Noted Bandit Is Overpowered by Weaponless Man in a Hold-Up in Arizona. WOULD NOT USE HIS GUN Three-Time Fugitive Declares He Never Shoots an Unarmed Man. HAD ESCAPED FROM PRISON Lone Postal Clerk Will Receive $7,000 in Rewards--Robber Says He Will Escape Again. Will Get $7,000 in Rewards. ROY GARDNER TAKEN BY FIGHTING CLERK

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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

38,186 days ago

(104 years, 226 days)