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Tuesday, August 20, 1901
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The Headlines
GERMAN-AMERICANS IN ANTI-TAMMANY FIGHT; To Unite in Working for a Reform Administration. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF FIVE Entire Harmony Not Shown at the Gathering of Delegates -- One League Not Represented.
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Raymond Poincaré (1860)
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
45,580 days ago
(124 years, 320 days)