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Wednesday, January 16, 1901
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The Headlines
NATIVE ART NOT ENCOURAGED.; J.H. Twachtman Says Students Return from Europe to Find Galleries Full of Foreign Pictures.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
- John C. Breckinridge (1821)
- Franz Brentano (1838)
- Ismail Qemali (1844)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Transatlantic Radio Signal, Vacuum Cleaner & Meccano.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
45,797 days ago
(125 years, 172 days)