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Wednesday, August 22, 1906
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The Headlines
JEROME ATTACKS HEARST AND MURPHY; He's in the Field to Defeat Such "Political Panhandlers." HEARST IMPRESSES MURPHY But the Leader Finds No Wigwam Sentiment for Jerome -- No Murphy for Me, Says Hearst.
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
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
- Max Scheler (1874)
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
43,752 days ago
(119 years, 317 days)