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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

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1906

  • The Jungle

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)