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Sunday, January 1, 1905
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The Headlines
MAYOR M'CLELLAN REVIEWS AND FORECASTS; A NEW YEAR'S DAY TALK WITH THE YOUNG MAN WHO TO-DAY FINISHES HIS FIRST YEAR AS THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK'S GREATEST NEEDS FOR 1905 DISCUSSED BY MAYOR McCLELLAN.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
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
Tech Check
Jukebox, Silencers & Novocain.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
44,351 days ago
(121 years, 186 days)