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Monday, March 23, 1908
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The Headlines
HOTEL ASTOR TO BE DOUBLED IN SIZE; $4,000,000 Extension, to Begin Next Month, Will Make This the City's Largest Hotel. COMPLETE IN JULY, 1909 Greater Building to Contain an Auditorium to Hold Thousands and the World's Largest Roof Garden.
Read in The New York Times →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
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
43,173 days ago
(118 years, 103 days)