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Wednesday, October 26, 1904
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The Headlines
CLAMOR FOR TICKETS FOR SUBWAY OPENING; Distribution Plan Criticised by Engineers and Many Others. THE TUNNEL IS NEARLY READY Several Stations Lack Finishing Touches -- Correct Time Stares at You from Every Ticket Office.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
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Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
44,418 days ago
(121 years, 253 days)