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Wednesday, September 28, 1904

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sound

The rhythmic *clack-clack* of the new offset printing presses thunders through the mid-morning air, churning out headlines of false millions that the newsies are already shouting about over the cacophony of horse hooves. I lean against a brick facade, listening to a nearby gramophone scratch out "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" while a passing laborer grumbles that a mere **$0.05** for a loaf of bread is becoming a steep climb for the common man. Blimey, the sheer noise of progress is deafening; you can practically hear the vacuum diode tubes humming the birth of a digital age they can’t yet fathom. Even the rustle of these new-fangled teabags in the cafe signifies a shift toward the rapid, disposable culture that will define the century to come.

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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

44,445 days ago

(121 years, 280 days)