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Saturday, July 9, 1904
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The Headlines
TRADE GOLD PLANK FOR INCOME TAX; Mutual Concessions in the Resolutions Committee. HAVE ALL-NIGHT FIGHT Money Declaration Finally Cut Out by 35 to 15 Vote. BRYAN LEADS THE ATTACK In Sharp Tilt with Daniel, Who Fights for Gold Standard -Hill Quotes Parker.
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Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Franz Boas (1858)
- Jan Neruda (1834)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764)
- Barbara Cartland (1901)
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
44,526 days ago
(121 years, 361 days)