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Friday, September 12, 1902

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The Headlines

PRISONERS' STORE OF MONEY AND JEWELS; What a Search Discloses in an Up-Town Police Station. Men Arrested After a Fight Had in Their Possession Diamonds and Large Sums in Cash -- Robbery Reported Later.

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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

45,192 days ago

(123 years, 297 days)