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Wednesday, January 6, 1904
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The Headlines
STEEL COMMON DIVIDEND PASSED; No Change in That on the Corporation's Preferred Stock. Statement Shows Steady Decrease in Earnings and That the Surplus Has Been Cut Nearly 66 Per Cent.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Gustave Doré (1832)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Offset Printing Press, Vacuum Diode Tube & Teabags.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
44,711 days ago
(122 years, 181 days)