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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886)
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
45,475 days ago
(124 years, 215 days)