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Friday, December 11, 1903
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The Headlines
UNION LEAGUE CLUB FOR NEGRO SUFFRAGE; Calls on Congress to Stop Disfranchisement. Disregards Robert C. Ogden's Warning That Its Action Will Start "Bloody Shirt" Movement in the South.
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
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
- Alfred de Musset (1810)
- Pope Leo X (1475)
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
44,738 days ago
(122 years, 208 days)