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Tuesday, October 13, 1903
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The Headlines
STORM-BATTERED FLEET BRINGS TALES OF TERROR; Fireroom Hero Dead and Shipmate in Extremis on the Picqua. The City of Savannah's Cargo Shifted and Passengers Were Panic-stricken -- Two Wrecks Sighted by the Arapahoe.
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
44,796 days ago
(122 years, 266 days)