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Friday, June 16, 1905
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The Headlines
WASHINGTON CHOSEN FOR PEACE PARLEY; Japan and Russia Compromise Initial Dispute. FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER Powers Bring Pressure on Japan for Abatement of Money Demand -- Tokio Still Suspicious. WASHINGTON CHOSEN FOR PEACE PARLEY
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
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
- Stan Laurel (1890)
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
44,184 days ago
(121 years, 19 days)