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Tuesday, February 7, 1905
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The Headlines
RUSHING THE RATE BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE; Rule Forbidding Amendment Adopted After a Fight. BIG FINAL VOTE LIKELY Democrats Are Expected to Vote with Republicans for the Measure Thursday Afternoon.
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
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- G. H. Hardy (1877)
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
44,314 days ago
(121 years, 149 days)