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Wednesday, October 31, 1906
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The Headlines
EASTERN RAILROADS FACE DEMANDS NOW; Men Want More Pay and the Eight-Hour Day. NO STRIKE, OFFICIALS SAY Unions Are Making Demands Like Those Made of the Western Lines -- Not an Election Issue. EASTERN RAILROADS FACE DEMANDS NOW
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
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Alexander Alekhine (1892)
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
43,683 days ago
(119 years, 248 days)