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Saturday, July 22, 1905
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The Headlines
CHAMPE S. ANDREWS MAY FACE EXTORTION CHARGE; Cancels Passage for Europe at District Attorney's Request. ARREST IS THE ALTERNATIVE County Medical Society's Counsel Accused by Mrs. Strosnider, Whose Husband He Prosecuted.
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In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Philip the Handsome (1478)
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
44,148 days ago
(120 years, 348 days)