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Wednesday, June 22, 1904

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The Headlines

SLOCUM'S INSPECTOR REFUSES TO TESTIFY; Might Incriminate Himself -- 121 More Bodies Found. DEATH TOTAL IS NOW 911. Commission, Including an Army and a Navy Expert, Appointed at Washington to Probe the Horror. SLOCUM'S INSPECTOR REFUSES TO TESTIFY

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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)

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

44,543 days ago

(122 years, 13 days)