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Tuesday, April 4, 1905
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The Headlines
MRS. WISTER NOW WILL SUE.; Resolution Taken After Telephone Talk with Mrs. Walker.
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
On This Day
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Caracalla (188)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
- Bettina von Arnim (1785)
- Comte de Lautréamont (1846)
- Remy de Gourmont (1853)
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
44,258 days ago
(121 years, 93 days)