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Saturday, July 27, 1907
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The Headlines
PLOT TO IMPORT PANAMA LABORERS; Railroad Contractors' Agent Sought to Bring Here Hundreds of Canal Workers. WERE TO BE SHIPPED WEST English Vessel's Captain Detected Attempt at Violation and Refused to Bring Them -- Our Consul Willing. PLOT TO IMPORT PANAMA LABORERS
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
- Vladimir Korolenko (1853)
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
43,414 days ago
(118 years, 344 days)