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Tuesday, December 3, 1901

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The Headlines

CHINESE COURT'S PLANS.; To Start on Last Stage of Journey to Peking Dec. 14 -- The New Minister to Great Britain.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Blaze Away

Abe Holzmann

The must-have

Lionel Trains

On This Day

  • In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word report to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". The speech was not delivered in person.

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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

45,475 days ago

(124 years, 215 days)