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Monday, July 10, 1905
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The Headlines
THREE SHOT IN RACE RIOT IN WEST SIXTEENTH ST.; Crowd of Whites Besieges House Occupied by Negroes. BULLETS FLY FROM WINDOWS Police Quell This Row, and Another Starts in 17th Street -- Trouble Has Been Brewing Some Time.
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
- Nikola Tesla (1856)
- Marcel Proust (1871)
- John Calvin (1509)
- Camille Pissarro (1830)
- Kurt Alder (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
44,160 days ago
(120 years, 360 days)