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Wednesday, February 6, 1901
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The Headlines
GREAT LONDON CROWDS CHEER KAISER WILHELM; His Passage Through the City Marked by a Continual Ovation.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Aaron Burr (1756)
- Babe Ruth (1895)
- Ugo Foscolo (1778)
- Mustafa II (1664)
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
45,775 days ago
(125 years, 150 days)