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Tuesday, January 24, 1905
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The Headlines
INTERBOROUGH STRIKE TALK.; Unions Send Committee to Mr. Belmont to Deliver Ultimatum.
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776)
- Edith Wharton (1862)
- Christian Wolff (philosopher) (1679)
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
44,327 days ago
(121 years, 162 days)