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On the date

Friday, January 10, 1902

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

I witness a silhouette in a tailored frock coat pausing beneath the gaslight to read of Carnegie’s millions, a staggering sum that will soon fuel laboratories perfecting the **Air Conditioner** and the **Lie Detector**. Nearby, a child clutches a pristine Teddy Bear, oblivious to the high-collared gentlemen discussing the future of acoustic **Hearing Aids** in hushed, mechanical tones. Only a total **chump** fails to see how these bonds are layering the foundation for an empire of logic and climate control. The flickering yellow light catches the sharp lines of their wool capes, casting long, hungry shadows toward a century that promises to automate the very truth.

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The Headlines

TO APPLY CARNEGIE GIFT; Trustees of Educational Institution Officially Announced. Donation of $10,000,000 Is Made in the Form of 5 Per Cent. Bonds -- Outline of General Purposes.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home

Hughie Cannon

The must-have

Teddy Bear

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1902

  • Teddy Bear

Tech Check

Air Conditioner, Hearing Aids & Lie Detector (Polygraph).

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

45,437 days ago

(124 years, 177 days)