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Saturday, September 30, 1905
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The Headlines
RHODES SCHOLARS WISER.; This Year They Save Money by Taking a Cheap Steamer.
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
- Rumi (1207)
- Jean Perrin (1870)
- Pope Nicholas IV (1227)
- Nevill Mott (1905)
- Hans Geiger (1882)
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
44,079 days ago
(120 years, 279 days)