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Monday, December 19, 1921
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The Headlines
LETTER BY KAISER STARTLES GERMANY, PERTURBS CABINET; Correspondence With Hindenburg, Prepared Months Ago, Issued at Moment of Crisis. EFFECT ON ALLIES FEARED Designed to Clear Ex-Ruler of Charges of Cowardice and Desertion.ALSO OF STARTING THE WARCampaign of Propaganda Launched in Reactionary and Militaristic Press Throughout Germany.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
- Mileva Marić (1875)
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
38,154 days ago
(104 years, 194 days)