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Sunday, October 26, 1902
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The Headlines
HELD FOR BROOKLYN MURDER.; Warrant Officer of the U.S.S. Franklin Arrested at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.
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
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800)
- Andrei Bely (1880)
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
45,148 days ago
(123 years, 253 days)