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Saturday, April 13, 1907

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IN THE JURY ROOM BY JUROR NO. 6; Story of the Long and Fruitless Session Told by One Who Took Part in It. THEY BEGAN WITH PRAYER And Strove Earnestly and Conscientiously to Reach a Verdict. ONE WON FOR ACQUITTAL But that Was the Only Change After the First Real Line-up. EVIDENCE THAT COUNTED Wife's Story and "Dementia Americana" Plea Figured Very Little in the Result. IN THE JURY ROOM: BY JUROR NO. 6 IN THE JURY ROOM: BY JUROR NO. 6

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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

43,518 days ago

(119 years, 83 days)