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Saturday, April 11, 1908

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The Headlines

MME. GOULD SAILS FOR NAPLES TO-DAY; Suddenly Leaves the St. Regis with Prince de Sagan and Her Children. SLIPS THROUGH KITCHEN Goes on Board the Kaiser Freiderich der Grosse as "Mrs. Chapman" -- Prince to Follow.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.

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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

43,154 days ago

(118 years, 84 days)