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Wednesday, September 11, 1907
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The Headlines
CITY BOND SALE A HUGE SUCCESS; $40,000,000 Issue Subscribed for More Than Five Times Over. WHITE TO GET $17,000,000 Wireless Promoter Bid for Whole Issue, and Nearly Half His Offer Goes Through. SIGNS DRAFT FOR $800,000 And Says He Will Pay the Whole Sum Called for at Once if Needed. 960 BIDS WERE RECEIVED J.P. Morgan Syndicate Bid for All but Offer Is Too Low and It Is Not Accepted.
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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
43,367 days ago
(118 years, 297 days)