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Thursday, January 25, 1906
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The Headlines
REPEATERS AT WHITE HOUSE.; Vari-Colored Invitations to Stop Their Attending Receptions.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
You're a Grand Old Flag
George M. Cohan
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
AM Radio Broadcasting, Victrola Phonograph & Sonar Concepts.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,961 days ago
(120 years, 161 days)