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Wednesday, April 19, 1905
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The Headlines
J.W. GATES'S FATHER DEAD.; Operator Quits Wheat Pit Struggle for the Bedside.
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
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Jiroemon Kimura (1897)
- Vasily Tatishchev (1686)
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
44,242 days ago
(121 years, 77 days)