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On the date
Friday, December 19, 1902
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The Headlines
NEW LINE TO SOUTHWEST.; Chicago Hears of a Combination Which Would Unite Systems of the Middle West.
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
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
- Mileva Marić (1875)
- Italo Svevo (1861)
- Marie Thérèse of France (1778)
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
45,094 days ago
(123 years, 199 days)