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Wednesday, March 13, 1907

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The Headlines

THAW TALKED LIKE SANE MAN; White's Brother-in-Law Tells of a Conversation Just Before the Murder. KEPT EYES ON HIS VICTIM Victory for Jerome, Who Gets Important New Evidence Into the Case. ALIBI OFFERED FOR WHITE Proposal to Attack Evelyn Thaw's Story of Her Wrongs Also Gets Before Jury. THAW TALKED LIKED SANE MAN

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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

43,550 days ago

(119 years, 115 days)