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Monday, March 31, 1902

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The Headlines

PITTSBURG CRIPPLED BY FIERCE WINDSTORM; Many Persons Injured and Enormous Damage Done to Property. Church Ceiling Carried Down Upon Congregation, Maiming at Least 40 Persons -- The City in Chaos -- Destruction in the Suburbs.

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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

45,357 days ago

(124 years, 97 days)