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Monday, October 21, 1907

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The Headlines

WILLIAM E. WALLING ARRESTED IN RUSSIA; New York Socialist Charged with Associating with Finnish Progressivists. ALL HIS BAGGAGE SEIZED His Wife, Known in Literary World as Anna Stransky, and Her Sister, Rose, Also in Custody.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

School Days

Will Cobb & Gus Edwards

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.

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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

Meanwhile

  • Panic of 1907Bank runs led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.

Time Elapsed

43,327 days ago

(118 years, 257 days)