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Thursday, September 13, 1906
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The Headlines
BRYAN CHEERS STOP SHAW.; Southern Audience Breaks In When Secretary Mentions the Nebraskan.
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)
On This Day
The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876)
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
43,731 days ago
(119 years, 296 days)