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Tuesday, April 19, 1904
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The Headlines
CZAR SUSPENDS BAN ON TIMES'S WIRELESS; War Correspondent Protests Against Russia's Threat. PRESENTS HINT OF ESPIONAGE Explains His Methods to the World at Large -- British Government View of Issues Raised.
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
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Jiroemon Kimura (1897)
- Vasily Tatishchev (1686)
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
44,607 days ago
(122 years, 77 days)