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Wednesday, July 9, 1902
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The Headlines
SAID CORN WAS "DOCTORED."; Charges Made in Connection with the Corner in the July Option--Found Up to the Standard.
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
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578)
- Franz Boas (1858)
- Jan Neruda (1834)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764)
- Barbara Cartland (1901)
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
45,258 days ago
(123 years, 363 days)