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Monday, April 7, 1902
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The Headlines
THE GERMAN SCHOLARSHIPS.; Emperor William Says Rhodes's Will Shows the Wide Reach of His Mind and His Vision of the Future.
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
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Xavier (1506)
- Pope Clement XII (1652)
- Charles Fourier (1772)
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
45,351 days ago
(124 years, 91 days)