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Friday, April 5, 1907
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The Headlines
OLIVER STILL HOPES.; Confident That His Company Will Dig the Panama Canal.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Spencer Tracy (1900)
- Joseph Lister (1827)
- Booker T. Washington (1856)
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
43,526 days ago
(119 years, 91 days)