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Monday, September 2, 1901
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The Headlines
THE CASE OF SERGT. MARTEN.; German Watchmakers Offer to Testify in His Behalf.
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Joseph Roth (1894)
- Louis Bonaparte (1778)
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
45,568 days ago
(124 years, 308 days)