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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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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
43,378 days ago
(118 years, 308 days)