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Friday, October 19, 1906
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The Headlines
LEAGUE HOLDING UP OUR MEN---MURPHY; Says Hearst Managers Ask Pay for Withdrawing Nominees. JEROME THEN SUMMONS HIM. Will Inquire To-day Into the Tammany Leader's Charges -- Has He Split with Hearst?
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
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
- Thomas Browne (1605)
- Umberto Boccioni (1882)
- Lewis Mumford (1895)
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
43,694 days ago
(119 years, 259 days)