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Friday, August 24, 1906
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The Headlines
NEARLY 20,000,000 ACRES FOR RUSSIAN PEASANTS; Czar Decides to Sell Crown Lands and Appanages to Them. A BID FOR THEIR SUPPORT Land to be Paid for by Installments -- Eleven Estates In Stavropol Province Devastated.
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)
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
43,750 days ago
(119 years, 315 days)