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Wednesday, June 10, 1908
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The Headlines
EXPECT PROSPERITY SOON.; High Officials Predict a Bumper Crop and a Car Shortage.
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
- Gustave Courbet (1819)
- Nicolaus Otto (1832)
- Hattie McDaniel (1893)
- Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani (940)
- André Derain (1880)
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
43,094 days ago
(118 years, 24 days)