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Sunday, April 29, 1906
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The Headlines
LITTLE CASH SENT TO SAN FRANCISCO; Taft Spent $2,200,000; Forwarded $300,000. PHELAN IS EMBARRASSED Depended on Federal Fund; Needs Money. AGREEMENT AS TO TROOPS Host of Relic Hunters in the Ruins Cause Trouble -- They Get Valuable Loot -- Many Libraries Burned.
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
- Hirohito (1901)
- Henri Poincaré (1854)
- Alexander II of Russia (1818)
- Duke Ellington (1899)
- Harold Urey (1893)
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
43,867 days ago
(120 years, 67 days)