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Sunday, March 15, 1908

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The Headlines

PARIS WILL HEAR AMERICAN MUSIC; Systematic Recognition of This Country's Composers Assured in French Capital. NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Young New York Musician Selected as Musical Director of the Society Which Will Produce the Works.

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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

Catchphrases of 1908

  • Take me out to the ball game

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

43,181 days ago

(118 years, 111 days)