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Wednesday, January 11, 1905
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The Headlines
LEVI P. MORTON GAVE $600,000 TO CATHEDRAL; Wife Shared in Anonymous Gift to St. John's. COL. ASTOR GAVE $100,000 Trustees Regard Donation as Marking an Epoch and Now Hope for Structure's Speedy Completion.
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Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859)
- John A. Macdonald (1815)
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
44,340 days ago
(121 years, 175 days)