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Thursday, May 9, 1907
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The Headlines
STRIKERS RIOT ON WATER FRONT; 1,000 Longshoremen Shoot and Blackjack 500 Strike Breakers. BRICKS RAIN OFF ROOFS Men Waylaid on Brooklyn Piers and 25 Laid Out Despite Police. LATTER FIGHT THE MOB Three Policemen Laid Low -- Many Attacks Yesterday, but Both Sides Refuse to Settle -- Steamers Delayed. STRIKERS RIOT ON WATERFRONT
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- John Brown (abolitionist) (1800)
- Gaspard Monge (1746)
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
43,492 days ago
(119 years, 57 days)