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Saturday, September 13, 1902
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The Headlines
THE KAISER ADMIRES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.; So Tells the American Generals When Saying Good-Bye to Them -- Sends Messages to the President.
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
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876)
- Cesare Borgia (1475)
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
45,191 days ago
(123 years, 296 days)