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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
- François Mauriac (1885)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
- Roman Jakobson (1896)
- Friedrich Bergius (1884)
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
43,702 days ago
(119 years, 267 days)