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Saturday, November 11, 1905
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The Headlines
ARTIST FUCHS A SUICIDE AMID HIS LIFE WORK; Had Just Completed a Roosevelt Peace Souvenir. LAST GIFT TO JEWISH CAUSE Wills His Masterpiece to Mr. Schiff for Massacre Fund -- Lost His Fortune for Art.
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
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- George S. Patton (1885)
- Victor Emmanuel III (1869)
- Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050)
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
44,037 days ago
(120 years, 237 days)