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Saturday, July 11, 1908
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The Headlines
ELOPER OF 77 FORGIVEN.; His Mother, 95, Agrees Not to Disinherit Peck and His Bride of 22.
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
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834)
- Carl Schmitt (1888)
- Frederick I of Prussia (1657)
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
43,063 days ago
(117 years, 358 days)