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On the date
Friday, October 9, 1903
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The Headlines
$150,000,000 MORTGAGE FILED.; Given by Lehigh Valley Railroad to the Girard Trust Company for Issue of Bonds.
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
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
- Charles X of France (1757)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835)
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
44,800 days ago
(122 years, 270 days)