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Thursday, August 8, 1907
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The Headlines
ARKANSAS OFFICIALS DIFFER.; Acting State Secretary Fears Contempt Action if He Revokes License.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Saint Dominic (1170)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881)
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
43,401 days ago
(118 years, 331 days)