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Sunday, July 14, 1901

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The Headlines

INS AND OUTS OF BRITISH POLITICS; Lord Rosebery's Busy Week With- out Political Significance. MR. ASQUITH HOLDS HIS OWN Still No Indications that a United Op- position Is in Sight. No Change in the King's Oath Likely to be Made at Present -- Mr. Wynd- ham Again Calms the Nation- alists -- Orangemen Speak Their Mind.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1901

  • Good to the last drop

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

45,617 days ago

(124 years, 357 days)