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Wednesday, February 5, 1902
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The Headlines
PHILADELPHIA COMBINE TO RUN THE CARS HERE; Reported that Metropolitan System Will Be Leased. $30,000,000 the Capital of Proposed Securities Company of the Whitney-Widener-Elkins-Dolan Interests.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804)
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
45,411 days ago
(124 years, 151 days)