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Wednesday, August 2, 1905
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The Headlines
CONEY VISITORS IN SHAKE-UP.; Five Hurt In Brooklyn Trolley Collision This Morning.
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
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
- John Tyndall (1820)
- Myrna Loy (1905)
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
44,137 days ago
(120 years, 337 days)