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Saturday, January 26, 1901
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The Headlines
CHANGE IN GOV. ODELL'S PLAN FOR COMMISSIONS; Assembly Leader Allds Offers Radical Amendments. Proposed Single-Headed Boards Must Be Modified -- New Bill Prevents Removal Except on Charges.
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Achim von Arnim (1781)
- François Coppée (1842)
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
45,786 days ago
(125 years, 161 days)