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Saturday, February 3, 1906
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The Headlines
BANK INQUIRY ASSURED; KILBURN MEN ROUTED; Senate to Call on Higgins for His Facts About Charges. CASSIDY WILL OPPOSE IT Fear of a Panic His Plea -- Reorganizers' Camp in Confusion Over the Investigation.
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
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830)
- Elizabeth Blackwell (1821)
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
43,952 days ago
(120 years, 152 days)