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Sunday, January 5, 1908
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The Headlines
SUCCESS ATTENDS FOREIGN CAR SHOW; Exhibitors Unanimous to Continue Importers' Salon Show Another Year. SOCIETY LOYAL TO AUTOS Closing Day in Madison Square Garden Marked by Large Attendance -- Many Sales Made During Week.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Ford Model T (Assembly Line), Geiger Counter & Cellophane.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,251 days ago
(118 years, 181 days)