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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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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

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

45,580 days ago

(124 years, 320 days)