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Monday, July 23, 1906

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The Headlines

CZAR'S CABINET OUT; DUMA FLEES RUSSIA; Talk of Meeting in Sweden -- Exodus of Foreigners. ENVOYS MAY ASK WARSHIPS Peasants Are Expected to Rise and General Strike Is to Paralyze Empire -- Rioting in Capital. CZAR'S CABINET OUT; DUMA FLEES RUSSIA

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • The Amsden Building collapse in Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S., claimed 12 lives.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1906

  • The Jungle

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

43,782 days ago

(119 years, 347 days)