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Saturday, December 2, 1905
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The Headlines
TRAIN HURLS TRACK GANG.; One Killed, Six Hurt in the Erie's Bergen Tunnel.
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
- Georges Seurat (1859)
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
- Otto Dix (1891)
- Ivan Bagramyan (1897)
- George Minot (1885)
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
44,015 days ago
(120 years, 215 days)