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Thursday, July 11, 1901
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The Headlines
A NEW BOXER MOVEMENT.; Tuan Said to be About to March Against the Foreigners With the Empress Dowager's Approval.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834)
- Carl Schmitt (1888)
- Frederick I of Prussia (1657)
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
45,620 days ago
(124 years, 360 days)