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Monday, May 4, 1903
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The Headlines
MILWAUKEE INSURANCE AGENTS ARE HIT HARD.; $2,000,000 of Fire Policies Placed by Allis-Chalmers Company with the New England Mutuals.
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
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655)
- Wang Jingwei (1883)
- John Hanning Speke (1827)
- Horace Mann (1796)
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
44,959 days ago
(123 years, 64 days)