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Saturday, October 26, 1901
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The Headlines
MORE THAN TWENTY FIREMEN OVERCOME; Had a Desperate Battle with Flames in Park Place. Blinded by Smoke and Dense Fumes the Men Were Stunned and Made Ill -- The Loss Not Heavy.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
45,514 days ago
(124 years, 254 days)