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Tuesday, February 21, 1905
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The Headlines
CORNISH HOLD-UP MAN CAUGHT, THE POLICE SAY; Gold-Filled Crucible and Chisels in Murphy's Fine Flat. DYNAMITE IN HIS COALBIN Police Captain Ward Has a Fight Arresting Man -- Woman Held, Too -- Letter Led to Capture.
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
- Peter III of Russia (1728)
- Jeanne Calment (1875)
- Sacha Guitry (1885)
- John Henry Newman (1801)
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
44,300 days ago
(121 years, 135 days)