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Thursday, October 8, 1903
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The Headlines
ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE CRANK.; Norwich Man Troubled with Visits from the Devil Pound Wandering in the Building.
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
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
- Zog I (1895)
- Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850)
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
44,801 days ago
(122 years, 271 days)