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Saturday, July 23, 1904
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The Headlines
GIRL SWIMMER SAVES ANOTHER; Swims Over 100 Yards to Rescue Unknown Young Woman.
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
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
- Emil Jannings (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
44,513 days ago
(121 years, 348 days)