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Monday, October 8, 1906
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The Headlines
GIBBONS MET CANDIDATES.; Found Six in a Receptive Mood for a Presidential Nomination.
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
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
- Zog I (1895)
- Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850)
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
43,705 days ago
(119 years, 270 days)