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Friday, September 20, 1907

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The Headlines

LONGWORTHS HAVE TWO EXCITING DAYS; Member of Their Party, Mrs. Charles Joy, Lost at Grand Canyon. FOUND AFTER 15 HOURS Later, Roosevelt's Daughter Centre of Uproar in Pullman Over Right to Use Drawing Room.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

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

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

43,358 days ago

(118 years, 288 days)