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Saturday, March 22, 1902

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The Headlines

SENATE PASSES WAR TAX REPEAL BILL; Goes Through Without Division or Yea and Nay Vote. Mr. Tillman's Plea for Retention of Duty on Tea and Fling at Republican "Infant Industry" Talk.

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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

45,367 days ago

(124 years, 107 days)