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Sunday, March 17, 1907
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The Headlines
FIRE WIPES OUT HELICON HALL; And Upton Sinclair Hints That the Steel Trust's Hand May Be In It. LIFE LOST; SEVERAL HURT Woman Makes a Lifeline of Her Flannel Nightgown and Slides to Safety. COLONY FUTURE IN DOUBT Founder Ready to Continue, but Says the Rest Must Decide -- They Have Lost All. Sinclair Deeply Suspicions. Sinclairs Gave the Alarm. Rescues by Blanket. One Rope Fire Escape. The Craigs Saved a Few Trifles. Women Workers Leap. Earthquake Victim Hit Again. Woman Heard Explosions. Made Her Own Fire Escape. Future Plans Not Settled. Carpenter Slept Too Well.
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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
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
43,546 days ago
(119 years, 111 days)