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Friday, August 31, 1906
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The Headlines
10,000 SWELTER AS BRYAN SPEAKS; Crowd In the Garden Was Smaller Than Expected. SEATS ENOUGH FOR ALL Overflow Meeting Held Was Not Needed. CHEERS LAST 6 MINUTES Orator Cuts Short the Applause Because of the Heat -- Gathering a Shirt-Sleeved One.
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
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
43,743 days ago
(119 years, 308 days)