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Saturday, January 7, 1905
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The Headlines
LOOMIS DID IT ALL, MR. STILLMAN SAYS; His Explanation of City Bank Loans to the Munroes. A RESIGNATION RUMORED Mr. Loomis Doesn't Tarry to Repeat Denial -- Untermyer Questions Ward & Co. Book Entries.
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
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Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
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
44,345 days ago
(121 years, 180 days)