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Tuesday, January 26, 1904
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The Headlines
E.H. COE ARRESTED IN $100,000 SUIT; His Brother-in-Law, C.W. Bailey, Charges Conspiracy. UPSHOT OF ROMANTIC WEDDING Private Detective and a Woman Swear They Were Employed to Secure Divorce for Mrs. Bailey, Who Was Mrs. C.F. Kerr.
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
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Achim von Arnim (1781)
- Seán MacBride (1904)
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
44,691 days ago
(122 years, 161 days)