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Monday, February 5, 1906
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The Headlines
DR. RAINSFORD QUITS ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH; Health Will Not Allow His Return to Rectorship. HIS CURATE SUCCEEDS HIM The Rev. Hugh Birckhead Not 30 Years Old -- Dr. Rainsford Writes He's Better, but Must Do Easier Work.
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
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848)
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804)
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626)
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
43,950 days ago
(120 years, 150 days)