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Saturday, January 27, 1906
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The Headlines
THESE ARE THE TERMS OF THE TRACTION DEAL; Each Company to Deposit Two-Thirds of Its Stock. VOTING TRUST AGREED ON $55,000,000 Preferred and $100,000,000 Common Stock -- $70,000,000 of Trust Bonds to be Issued. THESE ARE THE TERMS OF THE TRACTION DEAL
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
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)
- Lewis Carroll (1832)
- Wilhelm II (1859)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775)
- Abbas the Great (1571)
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
43,959 days ago
(120 years, 159 days)