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Sunday, July 9, 1905
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The Headlines
STORM BREAKS UP A CIRCUS.; Leopard and Monkeys Escape to Woods -- One Man Killed.
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
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Franz Boas (1858)
- Jan Neruda (1834)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764)
- Barbara Cartland (1901)
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
44,161 days ago
(120 years, 361 days)