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Thursday, December 21, 1905
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The Headlines
TAKES ROCKEFELLER'S $6,000; "Not Where Money Comes from, but Where It Goes," Pastor's Motto.
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
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Masaccio (1401)
- Leopold von Ranke (1795)
- Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896)
- Hermann Joseph Muller (1890)
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
43,996 days ago
(120 years, 196 days)