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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.

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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

38,164 days ago

(104 years, 204 days)