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Thursday, December 1, 1904
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The Headlines
MRS. CHADWICK TO PAY; AGREEMENT AT MIDNIGHT; H.D. Newton, $192,000 Claimant, Hurries Here from Boston. CARNEGIE STORY DENIED Million-Dollar Debtor Disclaims Business Dealings with Steel Master -- Cleveland Hearing May Solve Mystery. MRS. CHADWICK TO PAY; AGREEMENT AT MIDNIGHT
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Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
- Anna Komnene (1083)
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
44,382 days ago
(121 years, 217 days)