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Sunday, March 19, 1905
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The Headlines
TEN KILLED IN MINE.; West Virginia Explosion Extends Two Miles to Another Shaft.
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
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
- Richard Francis Burton (1821)
- Joseph of Anchieta (1534)
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
44,273 days ago
(121 years, 108 days)