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On the date
Saturday, August 16, 1902
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The Headlines
MAYOR JOHNSON'S 3-CENT FARE; Cleveland Street Railways Obtain Injunction Against City'qs Proposed Ordinance.
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
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832)
- John Bosco (1815)
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
45,219 days ago
(123 years, 324 days)