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Monday, November 19, 1906

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The Headlines

BOMB EXPLODED IN ST. PETER'S; Panic at Crowded Mass, but Nobody Hurt. POPE GREATLY SHOCKED Crime an Anarchist Challenge to Christendom. BASILICA NOT DAMAGED Fear That an Attempt Will Be Made to Kill the Kings of Italy and Greece.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

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

43,663 days ago

(119 years, 228 days)