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Thursday, October 11, 1906

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The Headlines

JUDICIARY TICKET NAMED BY TAMMANY; Hearst Men Got Three Places -Protest at Midnight Conference. GOFF, FORD, AND SEABURY UP Palmierl and Gilleran Turned Down and the Hearst League Makes Its Displeasure Heard. JUDICIARY TICKET NAMED BY TAMMANY

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1906

  • The Jungle

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

43,702 days ago

(119 years, 267 days)