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Monday, January 23, 1905

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The Headlines

DAY OF TERROR IN CZAR'S CAPITAL; Troops Slay Women and Children with Men. LED BY PRIEST TO DEATH Workmen Force Guards to Fire to Stop Them. BARRICADES IN STREETS A General Killed and Other Officers Attacked -- Crowds Shout "Down With the Czar."

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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

Catchphrases of 1905

  • E=mc2

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

44,328 days ago

(121 years, 163 days)