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Tuesday, November 15, 1904
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The Headlines
MANY WIRES STILL DOWN; RELIEF PROMISED TO-DAY; But No Full Restoration of Service Before To-morrow. ALL THE EXCHANGES CRIPPLED Telegraph Lines in West and South Paralyzed by Sunday's Storm -- Sections Cut Off -- Wind Abates.
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- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
- Pope Nicholas V (1397)
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
44,397 days ago
(121 years, 232 days)