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Wednesday, August 7, 1901
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The Headlines
MRS. ALLIEN AT RANCOCAS; Report that She Will Test Her Right to the Farm.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Constantius II (317)
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560)
- Emil Nolde (1867)
- Carl Ritter (1779)
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
45,593 days ago
(124 years, 333 days)