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Monday, August 26, 1901
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The Headlines
Seton Hall College to Open Sept. 4
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
- James Franck (1882)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819)
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
45,574 days ago
(124 years, 314 days)