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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.
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
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
43,181 days ago
(118 years, 111 days)