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Tuesday, July 18, 1905
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The Headlines
MAN HUNT IN A HOT SWAMP.; Alleged Murderer, a Soldier, Hides in Marshes Near Baltimore.
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
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552)
- Vidkun Quisling (1887)
- Vasil Levski (1837)
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
44,152 days ago
(120 years, 352 days)