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Tuesday, December 17, 1901
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The Headlines
THE SULTAN APPREHENSIVE.; He Soon Has to Go to Kiss the Prophet's Mantle -- Only Day in the Year When He Leaves the Palace.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Maria I of Portugal (1734)
- Sophus Lie (1842)
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
45,462 days ago
(124 years, 202 days)