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Thursday, March 23, 1905
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The Headlines
KAISER BOUND BY VOW NOT TO SEEK CONQUEST; No Hohenzollern World Power Except by Peaceful Means. TOOK OATH WHEN A YOUTH Swore to Keep Bayonets Sharp and Cannon Ready, but to Engage in No Aggressive War.
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)
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
44,269 days ago
(121 years, 104 days)