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Saturday, June 2, 1906
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The Headlines
POLICY HOLDERS REVOLT.; Meat Scandal Affects Business of Equitable and New York in England.
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
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
43,833 days ago
(120 years, 33 days)