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Saturday, September 12, 1903
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The Headlines
POSTAL INDICTMENTS TELL STARTLING STORY; How Machen - Beavers Ring Looted Government GRAFT WAS FORTY PER CENT Contractors Relieved from Freight Charges and Paid High Prices, the Excess Going to the Officials.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
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
44,827 days ago
(122 years, 297 days)