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Sunday, February 7, 1904

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The Headlines

LIKENS BIBLE TO SCRAPBOOK.; Prof. Moulton of the University of Chicago Says It Is the Worst Printed Book in the World.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

Kerry Mills

The must-have

Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)

On This Day

  • The Great Baltimore Fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1904

  • Meet me in St. Louis

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

44,680 days ago

(122 years, 150 days)