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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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Abe Holzmann
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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- George II of Great Britain (1683)
- Hermann Weyl (1885)
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
45,499 days ago
(124 years, 239 days)