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Wednesday, May 3, 1905
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The Headlines
H.G. CARLETON STRICKEN.; Playwright Suffering from Paralysis -- Hope for His Recovery.
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
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- George Paget Thomson (1892)
- Alfred Kastler (1902)
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
44,228 days ago
(121 years, 63 days)