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Tuesday, January 15, 1907

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The Headlines

STANDARD OIL FACES 939 OHIO INDICTMENTS; Rockefeller, Rogers, and Others Made Defendants. WHOLESALE TRUST-SMASHING Prosecutor Meets Technical Objection to Previous Indictments -- Rockefeller Promised to Appear.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

School Days

Will Cobb & Gus Edwards

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1907

  • Ziegfeld Follies

Tech Check

Electric Washing Machine, Color Photography (Autochrome) & Bakelite (Plastic).

Cost of Living (1900)

Loaf of Bread

$0.05

Gallon of Gas

$0.10

Average Home

$3,200

New Car

$1,000

Time Elapsed

43,607 days ago

(119 years, 172 days)