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Friday, December 2, 1921

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The Headlines

LLOYD GEORGE GIVES NEW TERMS TO IRISH; Dominion Is Offered, It Is Said, With Ulster Free to Come In or Stay Out. IT IS REFERRED TO DUBLIN Reply Is Expected Monday, and if Sinn Fein Are Favorable, Proposal Will Be Sent to Craig. Griffith Consults His Colleagues. LLOYD GEORGE GIVES NEW TERMS TO IRISH

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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

38,171 days ago

(104 years, 211 days)