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Sunday, February 9, 1908
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The Headlines
TWO GO THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON; Russell and Monett Reach the Needles After a Perilous Journey in Gorge. MODEST OVER THEIR FEAT One Carried Down Rapids in an Overturned Boat -- Refuse to Talk of Gold Finds.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- Abdulaziz (1830)
- Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441)
- Pope Honorius II (1060)
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
43,216 days ago
(118 years, 146 days)