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Thursday, February 16, 1905
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The Headlines
EQUITABLE'S BOARD TO DECIDE TO-DAY; Reported that Amicable Agreement Will Be Reached. STATEMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES Hyde's Friends Call Opposition a Conspiracy -- Too Much Power In One Man's Hands, Says Alexander.
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
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
- Radoje Domanović (1873)
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
44,305 days ago
(121 years, 140 days)