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Wednesday, August 8, 1906
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The Headlines
14 DEATHS FROM HEAT; RELIEF IS PROMISED; Yesterday Cooler Than Monday, but To-day May Be Soggy. STORM COOLS THE AIR About 70 Prostrations -- Many Sleeping In the Parks -- Storm Heavily Charged with Electricity. 14 DEATHS FROM HEAT; RELIEF IS PROMISED
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
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Saint Dominic (1170)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881)
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
43,766 days ago
(119 years, 331 days)