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Tuesday, July 22, 1902
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The Headlines
BROOKLYN TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION BIDS; Rapid Transit Co. of That Borough Wants $8,000,000. SUBWAY CO. BID $3,000,000. For $1,100,000 More Messrs. Belmont and McDonald Offer to Build Subway From Union Square to 42d Street, Manhattan.
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Philip the Handsome (1478)
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
45,244 days ago
(123 years, 349 days)