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Thursday, July 12, 1906
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The Headlines
MRS. THAW'S FRIEND, MRS. SCHWARZ, FOUND; She Is Said to Have Heard Thaw Threaten Stanford White. STURGIS WRITES TO GARVAN But He'll Tell Only What Thaw's Lawyers Ask Him to Tell -- Thaw Again Denies He Is Insane. MRS. THAW'S FRIEND, MRS. SCHWARZ, FOUND
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
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Claude Bernard (1813)
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
43,793 days ago
(119 years, 358 days)