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Saturday, February 1, 1908
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The Headlines
SCHWAB BUYS MEXICAN MINES; He and Associates Pay $6,000,000 for Chihuahua Group.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
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
43,224 days ago
(118 years, 154 days)