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Monday, June 24, 1901
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The Headlines
Mallory Liner Comal Ashore.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Jan Matejko (1838)
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850)
- Jack Dempsey (1895)
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
45,637 days ago
(125 years, 12 days)