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Monday, February 27, 1905
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER'S SUNDAY GIFT; Fix Church Roof and Send Bill to Him, He Said.
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
- Constantine the Great (272)
- John Steinbeck (1902)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)
- Marian Anderson (1897)
- Sveinn Björnsson (1881)
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
44,294 days ago
(121 years, 129 days)