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Wednesday, February 19, 1908
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The Headlines
AMERICAN AUTO GETS TO TOLEDO; Thomas Car Has a Lead of Twenty-nine Miles in the Matin-Times Race. LEADING DRIVERS HURRY De Dion Crew Pursues Roberts -- Zust Car Leaves Cleveland at 1 o'Clock This Morning. RUN INTO A SNOWSTORM Travel Will Be Bad To-day, but Roberts Will Press On -- Sizaire-Naudin Withdrawn.
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Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
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Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- André Breton (1896)
- Shivaji (1630)
- Élie Ducommun (1833)
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
43,206 days ago
(118 years, 136 days)