On the date

Monday, August 12, 1901

From the day

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The Headlines

Did Not Swim the Rapids.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1901

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

45,588 days ago

(124 years, 328 days)