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On the date
Wednesday, November 4, 1903
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The Headlines
HOW ELECTIONS WENT IN OTHER STATES; Johnson's Defeat in Ohio -- Cummins's Iowa Majority Large. Rhode Island's Democratic Governor Probably Re-elected -- Bay State Still Republican -- Maryland Democratic.
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
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Guido Reni (1575)
- Edmund Kean (1787)
- Gerard van Honthorst (1592)
- Carlos P. Garcia (1896)
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
44,774 days ago
(122 years, 244 days)