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Tuesday, July 28, 1903
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The Headlines
THIRTEEN CALIFORNIA CONVICTS BREAK JAIL; Using Warden and Other Officers as Shields They Escape. In a Desperate Fight a Guard Is Killed, a Turnkey Fatally Stabbed, and An- other Official Wounded -- Militia Ordered Out.
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Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
- Ernst Cassirer (1874)
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
44,873 days ago
(122 years, 343 days)