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Thursday, August 24, 1905
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The Headlines
F.A. PECKHAM ARRESTED IN COTTON LEAK CASE; Bench Warrant for Broker Served at Saratoga Hotel. BEACH FORESTALLS WARNING Action by Grand Jury Kept a Secret -Prosecutor Heard Peckham Was Going to Canada.
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)
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
44,115 days ago
(120 years, 315 days)