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Saturday, June 7, 1902

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The Headlines

GANG OF WESTERNERS CAPTURED BY DETECTIVES; " Brace" Gambling Outfit Seized in Their Rooms. " Bat" Masterson, the Famous ex- Marshal, One of the Prisoners -- Vic- tim Said to Have Lost $17,000.

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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

45,289 days ago

(124 years, 29 days)