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Friday, August 28, 1903
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The Headlines
DIAMONDS ON HER SKIRT.; Miss Porter Found $5,000 Necklace Fastened to Her Clothes -- Belonged to Mrs. Alger.
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
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- George Whipple (1878)
- Andrei Platonov (1899)
- Charles Boyer (1899)
- Edward Burne-Jones (1833)
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
44,842 days ago
(122 years, 312 days)