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On the date
Saturday, January 11, 1902
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The Headlines
GOULDS WANT MARYLAND ROAD.; Have Secured West Virginia Central and Seek Control of Line Owned by Baltimore City.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859)
- John A. Macdonald (1815)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
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)