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Saturday, November 30, 1901
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The Headlines
ORPHAN BOYS BRAVELY FIGHT THE FLAMES.; Lutheran Home in North Pelham Partially Destroyed by Fire -- Brigade of Wartburg Farm Works Hard.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Winston Churchill (1874)
- Mark Twain (1835)
- Jonathan Swift (1667)
- Theodor Mommsen (1817)
- Gustaf Dalén (1869)
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
45,478 days ago
(124 years, 218 days)