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Sunday, November 17, 1907

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The Headlines

KAISER WATCHED BY FOUR DOCTORS; England Suspects the Royal Visitor's Ailment Is More Serious Than the Reported Cold. TRIP IS NOT FOR PLEASURE Those Who See Politics In It Revive the Discussion of the Bagdad Railway Project.

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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

43,301 days ago

(118 years, 231 days)