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Thursday, October 31, 1907
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The Headlines
ROCK ISLAND LAYS OFF 10,500.; Were Engaged In Construction Work -- Usual Reduction, Says Winchell.
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The Parliament of Finland approved the Prohibition Act, but the law was not implemented because it was not ratified by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Karl Weierstrass (1815)
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
Meanwhile
- Panic of 1907 — Bank runs led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
Time Elapsed
43,317 days ago
(118 years, 247 days)