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Saturday, August 31, 1907

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The Headlines

THE 'LADY IN BLUE' PUTS ON A MASK; Mrs. Pepper's Friend Does It to Foil Photographers at Vanderbilt Hearing. SHE GAVE A FALSE ADDRESS Her "Home" an East Side Factory Building -- Case for the Petitioners Is Closed and Defense Begins.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

School Days

Will Cobb & Gus Edwards

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.

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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

43,378 days ago

(118 years, 308 days)