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Wednesday, September 3, 1902
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The Headlines
STRIKERS SET FIRE TO MINE; Pocahontas Colliery in Great Danger for a Time. Guards Shoot and Injure Several -- Governors Called Upon for State Troops -- Miners Enraged.
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
You Share a Birthday With
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
- Ferdinand Porsche (1875)
- Macfarlane Burnet (1899)
- Fritz Pregl (1869)
- Louis Sullivan (1856)
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
45,202 days ago
(123 years, 307 days)