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Monday, August 10, 1903
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The Headlines
WILLIAM E. DODGE DEAD; Had Been in Poor Health, but Condition Caused No Alarm. Heart Disease the Cause of Death -- Many and Varied Activities of His Long Career.
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
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
- Arne Tiselius (1902)
- V. V. Giri (1894)
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
44,861 days ago
(122 years, 331 days)