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Friday, September 9, 1904

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The Headlines

OKU HURLED LINE ON LINE TO DEATH BEFORE LIAO-YANG; Like Swarming Bees the Japanese Troops Rushed Into Russian Traps. WOULD BROOK NO DEFEAT "Assault Again!' the Only Reply to Report of Third Failure. SEVERE LESSON GIVEN TO OKU Despises His Foe and Sends His Men Like Hares Into Snares. RUSSIANS BEATEN, NOT ROUTED They Make the Possession of Liao-Yang Cost Their Foes an Awful Price in Lives.

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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

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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

44,465 days ago

(121 years, 300 days)