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Sunday, April 19, 1908
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The Headlines
PRINCE OF WALES DISAPPOINTS PARIS; Handicapped by the Reputation His Less Sedate Father Made in His Youth. VISITS ONE QUIET CAFE Remembered There as Royal Customer Who "Bought Only One Bottle" Lives Like Ordinary Tourist.
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
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Jiroemon Kimura (1897)
- Vasily Tatishchev (1686)
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
43,146 days ago
(118 years, 76 days)