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Saturday, March 15, 1902
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The Headlines
BOSTON STRIKE STILL ON; Freight Handlers Will Go Back Only in a Body.
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
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
45,373 days ago
(124 years, 113 days)