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Sunday, November 10, 1901

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The Headlines

NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM LONDON; Why No Peers of Any Rank Are Found Among the New Mayors. RETURN OF LORD ROSEBERY That and Other Signs Point to an Impending Change in Politics. Harcourt and Birrell in the Field -- Doubt of the King's Health Removed -- A "Tariff for Revenue Only" -- Continental Politics.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

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)