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Saturday, September 7, 1907
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The Headlines
HAMMERSTEIN BUYS PHILADELPHIA SITE; He Acquires a Large Property on North Broad Street for a New Opera House. $225,000 IN THE DEAL New Yorker Says He'll Build One of the World's Finest Theatres and Declines Outside Aid.
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
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
43,371 days ago
(118 years, 301 days)