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Saturday, April 7, 1906

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The Headlines

RUSSIAN REPUBLIC NEAR, DECLARES LEADER HERE; Narodny Already Has Headed One in Baltic Provinces. NOW HIDING IN NEW YORK The Next Uprising a Revolution, He Says, with Army as Allies -- Will Meet Gorky. RUSSIAN REPUBLIC NEAR, DECLARES LEADER HERE

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

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  • The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.

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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

43,890 days ago

(120 years, 90 days)