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Friday, May 27, 1904
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The Headlines
MRS. H. LEROY JONES FOUND AND TAKEN HOME; Discovered by Her Husband in New York Boarding House. HAD SOUGHT FOR EMPLOYMENT Appeared to be Out of Her Mind, Says Lawyer Cutting -- Had Been in 22d Street House All the Time.
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
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
- John Cockcroft (1897)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894)
- Max Brod (1884)
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
44,570 days ago
(122 years, 40 days)