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Wednesday, July 24, 1901
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The Headlines
POOL ROOMS WIDE OPEN IN LONG ISLAND CITY; What a Tour of the New Gambling Mecca Disclosed. A CITY OFFICIAL'S CONFIDENCES Business is Run by a Tammany District Leader, He Says -- How Protection Money Is Collected. POOLROOMS WIDE OPEN IN LONG ISLAND CITY
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (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
45,607 days ago
(124 years, 347 days)