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Saturday, November 9, 1901

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The Headlines

NUN SHOT BY MAN AT A LAKEWOOD ACADEMY; Sister Superior Agnes Attacked by a Discharged Employe. Wounded in the Shoulder, but Escaped While Another Sister Struggled with Him for the Revolver.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

  • Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (later George V of the United Kingdom), becomes Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1901

  • Good to the last drop

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

45,499 days ago

(124 years, 239 days)