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On the date
Friday, September 19, 1902
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The Headlines
RAILROAD MEN ORGANIZING.; Employes of the Coal-Carrying Lines Are Helping the Coal Strikers.
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
On This Day
A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
- Leo VI the Wise (866)
- Giuseppe Saragat (1898)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749)
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
45,185 days ago
(123 years, 290 days)