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Sunday, August 26, 1906
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The Headlines
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ISSUED BY PALMA; Government Troops Preparing for Decisive Battle with Guerra. REBELS ROUTED AT CASCAJAL Score Killed or Wounded in Most Serious Engagement Yet Fought -O'Farrill Stays in Cabinet. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS ISSUED BY PALMA
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
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
- James Franck (1882)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819)
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
43,748 days ago
(119 years, 313 days)