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Friday, December 9, 1921
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The Headlines
MOBS AGAIN FIGHT POLICE IN CHICAGO; Women Active Leaders in Fresh Rioting in the Stock Yards District. ONE MAN SHOT, 150 INJURED Judge Sullivan Issues Drastic Injunction Against Picketing by Packing House Strikers. Rioting in Davis Square. MOBS AGAIN FIGHT POLICE IN CHICAGO Woman Leads a Mob. Judge Enjoins Picketing. Dry Agents Watching Saloons. PUTS BLAME ON EMPLOYERS. Labor Bureau Says Their Refusal to Arbitrate Caused Packers' Strike. KANSAS COURT OFFERS AID. Industrial Tribunal Wants to Confer With Strike Leaders.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
38,164 days ago
(104 years, 204 days)