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Friday, June 14, 1907

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The Headlines

MAYOR SCHMITZ FOUND GUILTY; Trial on Charge of Extortion from French Restaurant Keeper Ends. HE TAKES VERDICT COOLLY Sketch of Official Who Rose from Drummer Boy In a Theatre to be High Official.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

School Days

Will Cobb & Gus Edwards

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.

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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

43,456 days ago

(119 years, 21 days)