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Friday, August 1, 1902

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile

I press my thumb into the plush, mohair fur of a new Teddy Bear, feeling the sawdust shift inside—a tactile precursor to the soft-stuffed century ahead. The humid air of 1902 is heavy against my stiff wool collar, making the promise of hissing **Air Conditioners** feel like a bally miracle of engineering. I wonder if a **Lie Detector** could truly measure the sincerity of the striking miners, or if the primitive **Hearing Aids** are sufficient to catch their whispered warnings above the din of industry. It is a capital moment of transition, where the coarse texture of the past begins its slow surrender to these sharp, modern inventions.

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT MITCHELL MAKES A STATEMENT.; Declares Against Violations of Law, and Says Miners Have Been Repeatedly Warned.

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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

45,234 days ago

(123 years, 339 days)