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Friday, April 18, 1902
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS UNITE ON RECIPROCITY POLICY; Decide to Vote to Abolish the Sugar Differential. Also Will Oppose Attempts to Prevent Amendment of Pending Bill -- Caucus Action Made Binding.
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
On This Day
The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.
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You Share a Birthday With
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
- Ahmed I (1590)
- Gratian (359)
- Clarence Darrow (1857)
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
45,339 days ago
(124 years, 79 days)