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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
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
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Nicolas Appert (1749)
- Bernard Montgomery (1887)
- 0s (9)
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
38,186 days ago
(104 years, 226 days)