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Tuesday, July 29, 1902
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The Headlines
EARTHQUAKES IN THE WEST; Succession of Severe Shocks in California. Much Damage Done to Property and People Terrorized -- Dry River Bed Filled with Water.
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
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
- Ivan Aivazovsky (1817)
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
45,238 days ago
(123 years, 343 days)