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Friday, April 12, 1907
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The Headlines
FRICK PLANS TO SUCCEED PENROSE; The Pennsylvania Railroad Convention the Senior Senator Too Leaky. DURHAM, TOO, DESERTS HIM Argument Will Be That Two Senators Should Not Come from the Same Part of the State.
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
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
- Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884)
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
43,519 days ago
(119 years, 84 days)