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Sunday, June 24, 1906
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The Headlines
TALK OF BIG CHANGE IN STANDARD OIL; Directors Discuss Increase of Capital to $600,000,000. TO LET EMPLOYES COME IN More Capital Also Means Publicity, Lower Dividends, and Perhaps Less Criticism -- Only in Talk Stage Yet.
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
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Jan Matejko (1838)
- Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850)
- Jack Dempsey (1895)
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
43,812 days ago
(120 years, 12 days)