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Wednesday, March 12, 1902

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The Headlines

DR. RAINSFORD ATTACKS SOME CHURCH WAYS; Quotes Street Profanity Against Churches and Explains It. His Arraignment of the Christian Attitude Toward the Open Saloon Be- fore the Nineteenth Century Club.

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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

45,376 days ago

(124 years, 116 days)