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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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Best-selling Sheet Music

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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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

45,607 days ago

(124 years, 347 days)