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Thursday, March 1, 1906
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The Headlines
FIGHT STANDARD OIL BY WAY OF THE ISTHMUS; New Company Gets Under Way with Pipe-Line Concession. ROUNDABOUT TO THE EAST Buys Steamers to Run from 'Frisco to Panama, and from Colon North, Double Pipes Connecting.
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
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Glenn Miller (1904)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886)
- Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456)
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
43,927 days ago
(120 years, 127 days)