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Friday, August 8, 1902
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The Headlines
SENATOR HANNA HAS NO THOUGHT OF RESIGNING.; Says a Little Pleasantry Has Been Taken Too Seriously -- Still Chairman of the Republican Committee.
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
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Saint Dominic (1170)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881)
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
45,227 days ago
(123 years, 332 days)