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Wednesday, February 15, 1905
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The Headlines
REPUBLICAN DISSENSION OVER SAVINGS BANK TAX; Malby Out Against Repeal Despite Higgins's Harmony Talk. THE GOVERNOR'S DEFENSE Banks' Warning Did Not Cause Him to Promise Repeal -- No Threat, Say Savings Men.
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Galileo Galilei (1564)
- Louis XV (1710)
- Jeremy Bentham (1748)
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
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
44,306 days ago
(121 years, 141 days)