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Tuesday, May 19, 1908
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT FAVORS ANTI-GAMBLING BILLS; Agnew Says President So Told His Constituent -- Election Issue Unless Legislature Acts. HUGHES WAITS FOR FOELKER Also for Wallace to Take His Seat Before Sending in Recommendation -- Foelker Out in Three Weeks.
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
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
- Julius Evola (1898)
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744)
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
43,116 days ago
(118 years, 46 days)