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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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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
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Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
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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
45,376 days ago
(124 years, 116 days)