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Saturday, October 12, 1901
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The Headlines
GIANT RAILROAD TRUST MADE A POSSIBILITY.; Lawyers Devise Plan to Bring About Merger of the Burlington, Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
- Ramsay MacDonald (1866)
- Aleister Crowley (1875)
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
45,527 days ago
(124 years, 267 days)