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Saturday, May 10, 1902
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The Headlines
MARTINIQUE DEAD MAY NUMBER 40,000; Efforts to Penetrate Into St. Pierre Fail. WARSHIP SAVES 30 LIVES So Far as Is Known These Are the Only Survivors. GOVERNOR PROBABLY A VICTIM The Killed Also Believed to Include United States Consul Prentis and His Family -- Districts Within a Four-Mile Radius of St. Pierre Overwhelmed.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760)
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
45,317 days ago
(124 years, 57 days)