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Sunday, May 5, 1907
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The Headlines
SPEEDWAY PARADE AND HORSE SHOW; Miss G.P. Morosini's Absence Robbed Event of Its Leading Attraction. WAS AT FATHER'S BEDSIDE Many Horses In Line Despite Threatening Weather -- Show Ring on the Drive.
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
- Nellie Bly (1864)
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
43,496 days ago
(119 years, 61 days)