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Thursday, December 26, 1907
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The Headlines
DR. RIXEY ADMITS QUARREL IN NAVY; Declares Admiral Brownson Has Interfered with Bureau of Medicine. RESULT OF BUREAU SYSTEM Critics of Navy See in Controversy Need of Radical Reorganization -- White House Says Nothing.
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School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Yun Ch'iho (1864)
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
43,261 days ago
(118 years, 191 days)