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Saturday, June 24, 1905
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The Headlines
C.T. ESTABROOK KILLED.; Boston Banker's Son Falls with Auto -- Three Companions Hurt.
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
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Jan Matejko (1838)
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850)
- Jack Dempsey (1895)
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
44,176 days ago
(121 years, 11 days)