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Thursday, February 5, 1903
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The Headlines
IN FEAR OF THE HAGUE; Every Effort Making to Settle Venezuela Case in Washington. Believed That Agreement Will Be Reached on Basis of Three Months' Preferential Treatment of Allies.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Wright Flyer (Airplane), Windshield Wipers & Crayons.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
45,046 days ago
(123 years, 151 days)