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Sunday, November 5, 1905

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The Headlines

Microbes, Our Enemies and Friends; Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, Head of the Pasteur Institute, Tells What His Favorite Science Has Done for Mankind. Famous Scientist Tells the Story of the Science of Microbes and Its Development --- A Peep Into Microcosmos -What the World Owes Davaine, Pasteur and Koch. MICROBES, OUR ENEMIES AND FRIENDS

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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

Catchphrases of 1905

  • E=mc2

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

44,042 days ago

(120 years, 242 days)