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Monday, May 28, 1906
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The Headlines
CASSATT MAY DROP SOME HIGH OFFICIALS; Many Reform Plans Awaiting Pennsylvania Road President. COAL SHIPPERS COMBINING Would Put an Operator In Congress -- Declare Hepburn Is Hostile to Relief Measures.
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
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Thomas Moore (1779)
- Louis Agassiz (1807)
- Jim Thorpe (1888)
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
43,838 days ago
(120 years, 38 days)