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Thursday, September 19, 1901
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The Headlines
TO HELP RUSSIAN SHIPOWNERS.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
- Leo VI the Wise (866)
- Giuseppe Saragat (1898)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749)
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
45,551 days ago
(124 years, 291 days)